Comment on Chrome extensions spying on 37M users' browsing data
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
If a organization with a tiny fraction of Google’s resources can detect these extensions Google can too. There is only one reason malware extensions and Android apps are being distributed by Google - they make more money distributing malware than they would if they detected and blocked it.
And these assholes pretend they are blocking app stores like F-Droid for “our protection”.
x00z@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Google just shrugs and points to the little messagebox that pops up and explains almost nothing asking you for permission.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I’ve disabled Google’s Play Protect after it deleted multiple apps I rarely use and all their settings and having to spend hours configuring them again. I know I can manually change individual app settings to prevent that from happening, but given all the years Google’s been distributing malware why trust them? The fact Google regularly distributes malware and then wants permission to scan my phone for malware is laughable.
I avoid apps from the Google store because they can be downright dangerous, but I have few worries about that “dangerous” third party F-droid store.