• @xvf
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    84 years ago

    vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools

    Aah yes, gotta love muricans crying because tiktok is chinese “spyware” and should be banned, while qualcomm just makes a “oopsie woopsie” for 3 letter agencies with billion of devices around the world.

    Fuck, I can’t even disable googol play services, it’s constantly running in the background

    • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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      4 years ago

      Use my Smartphone Hardening non root Guide 2.0, the few starting steps should be enough to disable Google Play Malware.

      • @xvf
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        14 years ago

        Thanks.

        I noticed that un Settings -> Security -> Device Admin Apps Google Play Services was enabled, by disableing it I was able to atleast Disable the app.

        • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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          You should disable the package itself via ADB so it does not re enable itself, like it does like a spyware.

  • @brombek
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    64 years ago

    “3 billion” devices with multiple vulnerabilities that sound like RCE via things like video playback with “fixing them requires a long chain of communication between many vendors, manufacturers and resellers” sounds like a total disaster to me. Many (most?) Android phones in use will never see an update!

  • @forgotmylastusername
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    I vaguely remember some snapdragon exploit a couple years ago that was supposed render a whole bunch of devices unlockable but as far as I can tell nothing ever came of that.

    • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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      04 years ago

      This is entirely different though. Any media that DSP can process is capable of exploiting the whole phone, so the exploit is rather easy.

  • @Czernobog
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    14 years ago

    Great, first Intel hacked and now this.

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    deleted by creator

    • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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      04 years ago

      And Notepad and torch. Jokes aside, it is certainly a horrible situation.