The hidden app was inactive by default.

The hidden app was inactive by default.

  • propter_hog [any, any]
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    3 months ago

    According to iVerify’s report, the software was developed by a company called Smith Micro Software and appears to have been created for Verizon for in-store demos.

    Saved you a click. If you don't use Verizon, you don't have to worry.

    • lemmy_in@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Incorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.

      • propter_hog [any, any]
        ·
        3 months ago

        I didn't read that in the article, but I could have missed it. Did it say it was all pixels, or just the ones slated for Verizon?

      • gila@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        If it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you'd still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware

  • astro_ray@lemdro.id
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    3 months ago

    I saw GrapheneOS is saying that it is not quite the threat as they this article suggests.

    https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/112967309987371034

  • UlyssesT
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    22 days ago

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