Everyone knows all the apps on your phone - by peabee

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• alphapuggle@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Seeing people say “GrapheneOS fixes this!” “It’s only on old versions of Android!”

  Device Info HW app that can read my applications

  Permissions requested (viewed in Google Play, lack of any “read applications” permission)

  Permissions granted in settings app, still lacking any “read applications” permission

  This is on a Pixel 8 Pro with the latest version of GrapheneOS. This is an issue and has been for a long time. Many apps detect root by looking for the Magisk package using this method, and many collect this information just for advertising (go ahead, export your Snapchat data)

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• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  *if you have an older Android phone.

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  • kipo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What do you mean? The article is talking about current versions of Android.

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    • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• kipo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well that was a horrifying read. Is there any software that can protect against this? GrapheneOS? LineageOS? A Magisk module?

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Island, Insular, Shelter; apps that allow managing separate profiles.

    My setup: mostly Open Source apps on a custom ROM like LineageOS, the neccessary proprietary apps in shelter, connections managed via,Tracker Control. That one proprietary app that’s too useful to have separate is fixed via App Manager.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Separate profiles although graphene is supposedly working on it last I heard.

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I know apple products are mortal sin on this site, but I’m thankful I switched to iOS a decade ago. I loved my Android phones but I’ll never be assed to do CFW again, and since I don’t use my phone for much, I honestly appreciate the walled garden. Fuck apps. Messaging and basic browsing = phone. Anything else is for Big Screen.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Great. Now instead of Google, Apple collects your data :)

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      At least

      gestures to the article we’re commenting on

      THAT doesn’t happen

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• dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Everyone* All***

  On some version of Android* *Mostly Indian apps

  Workarounds exist* ***Workaround only works for checking a hardcoded list of apps, and can’t check all your apps

  Informative article, but damn the clickbait

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s probably because of the bubble I live in, but I most of these apps.

  Same here, i hadn’t even heard of Swiggy or Ola or TATA 1mg.

  Btw, there was Island on a list there.

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• IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I know this happened a few years ago but would having a separate work profile through Shelter, Island, or Insular limit the app to only see those on the profile?

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  • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes, it would. Those basically create sandboxes.

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    • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s what I assumed. Thanks for confirming.

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