Thousands of Android (streaming) devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
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This is a gem of an app that turns your android phone into a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard for other devices....
“Google is constantly optimizing and tweaking its apps through various A/B tests, and the latest one for the Play Store has us scratching our heads quite a bit. We’ve noticed that the familiar and handy install button is disappearing for some in the Play Store’s search results, which means that you actually have to tap...
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From @MishaalRahman:...
Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.
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Yeah they aren’t great. But at least we have the blob using emoji kitchen.
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cross-posted from: lemmy.toldi.eu/post/229830 (!eternity)...
Google’s latest advertising campaign, encapsulated by the tagline “It’s all good with Google on Android,” is aimed at persuading iPhone users to switch to Android by emphasizing the simplicity and worry-free nature of the process....
Too many perfectly usable phones are put into a questionable security situation by lack of vendor support for keeping key software up to date....
The review is a bit late, but it’s fairly detailed and informative.