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Apr 27, 2021

wait WHAT, this is the "issue" people are talking about? that's ridiculous, you literally cannot defend an Android device against apps which can use system permissions

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henry

@hdevalence

Apr 27, 2021

this isn’t a contact tracing problem, and painting it as one does a huge disservice to the privacy engineering that went into getting that protocol built and deployed

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fwiw, "apps which can use system permissions" are not the same as "preinstalled apps" — there are plenty of preinstalled apps that aren't privileged in any way

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Tbf I'd love to see less pre-installed garbage. I deleted facebook like 6+ years ago, I don't want this crap on my phone and yet I can't uninstall it.

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As long as it's disabled, it's essentially uninstalled with the apk still present in the OS images. They could auto-install apps for their partnerships as part the initial setup wizard and then users would be able to opt-out, and it wouldn't waste space in the OS images.

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My issue is I don't want it "essentially" uninstalled, I want it gone, it should've never been pre-installed and it should've never been made such that it can't be uninstalled. Basically it's the principle.

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What I mean is that the OS has a package manager and it's possible for the app to be uninstalled. The apk is still present in the OS images though, and the package manager will still be aware of that and able to install it from there again.

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