The burden of catching malware or adware should not be placed on the consumer. eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/one-…
One Down, Many to Go with Pre-Installed Malware on Android
Last year, we investigated a Dragon Touch children’s tablet (KidzPad Y88X 10) and confirmed that it was linked to a string of fully compromised Android TV Boxes that also had multiple reports of malware, adware, and a sketchy firmware update channel.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Patrick Leavy
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation • • •good article.
But what about the apps that #Google pre-installs on Android? We can't uninstall them, and you can't even sign out of the rest if you just need one of them (if you sign out of the YouTube app it signs you out of ALL Google services).
My views have hardened after researching #surveillancecapitalism and I now consider all of Google's apps to be #adware / #spyware.
Is there anything that can be done about this?