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0 pointsfrederikb1y ago0 comments

Oh, but they do! There used to exist a boatload of malware on Android disguised as common conscience apps, famously flashlight apps/widgets.

As a random example, see this one ( https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/04/19/turn-light-give-pa... ) which is a banking trojan cosplaying as a flashlight widget.

Now there is a more or less sophisticated permission system which users then bypass by still accepting any prompt if you promise them anything shiny...

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taeric1y ago

Apologies, I had dropped offline.

I actually am less against these ideas on the phone. Quite the contrary, I think I'm largely agreed that more efforts need to be done to let people control those.

I am also sadly skeptical that this works, there. I've seen my family that is all too eager to just click "ok" on whatever an app says it needs. :(

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taeric1y ago

Apologies, I had dropped offline.

I actually am less against these ideas on the phone. Quite the contrary, I think I'm largely agreed that more efforts need to be done to let people control those.

I am also sadly skeptical that this works, there. I've seen my family that is all too eager to just click "ok" on whatever an app says it needs. :(

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