Comment on Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• morto@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Their strategy:

  • announce they will make extreme restrictions
  • people get crazy over it and backlash
  • announce that they’re listening to people and will soften the proposed restrictions
  • people relax and accept the restrictions, while the media portray them as the good guys

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• spectrums_coherence@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I feel if everything they said is true, then this is a reasonable solution. But from my many Youtube scammer video experience, like people have already mentioned, most scammers use standard remote access software, not some bespoke APK.

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