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Comment on Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly

FalseMyrmidon@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Things like screen reader access have huge potential uses by malware. Generally it should not be trivial for a program to get that level of access to everything you do.

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ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The restriction of being limited to Google Play and not other app stores implies the implementation is part of Google Play Services, and not included in AOSP

So I was curious if that’s how it’s implemented on Android - I know Google loves moving features out of AOSP

However, things like Android-Password-Store used Accessibility services through F-Droid for autotyping back when I used it

So, trying to understand what has been locked down, since I’m planning on going back to GrapheneOS

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- FalseMyrmidon@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  https://www.androidpolice.com/android-13-blocks-accessibility-services-sideloaded-apps/
  
  It just takes an additional warning acknowledgement.
  
  Google isn’t fully stopping sideloaded apps from using accessibility services, though. Once you’ve run into the dialog saying that accessibility services are restricted for the app in question, you can activate access under the app info screen in the top right corner via the “allow restricted settings” menu entry, so if you’re a power user interested in augmenting your phone with a legitimate app, you can still do that. This seems like a loophole that nefarious apps could circumvent by instructing users to enable restricted settings. Thus, it’s possible that Google will still change this behavior before going live with stable Android 13.
  
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  - ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thanks!
    
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