• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Isn’t Motorola the new msnufacturer for those GraphineOS phones? And now they do THIS???

    Kinda makes them feel less trustworthy to install a security based rom on.

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      9 days ago

      I said this in another comment, but the same app version being loaded on multiple phones and it doesn’t affect all of them, or side loading the app, or launching from a home screen all can bypass the issue, so it sounds more like malware than corporate fuckery.

    • Phoenix3875@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      It’s app level injection, so presumably if you install GrapheneOS or use a different “smart feed app” (some kind of launcher for Motorola? I haven’t used one before), it won’t affect the user. Although, I agree it’s a pretty bad look on the QA of preloaded apps.

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      9 days ago

      Motorola is Lenovo, they are chinese. Of course they would try shenanigans like these to see if it sticks. Like I saw in my G23 with the Live Screen Locks shit, even we disabled it it would still change the screen lock wallpaper to a live one, had to remove the package from the user with adb.

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        9 days ago

        the fact that they are chinese isn’t relevant here, since such fraudulent practices have been seen on Brave Browser too, for example.