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Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Domino@quokk.au⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://cybersecuritynews.com/spyware-on-samsung-devices/amp/

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  • 11111one11111@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There is a reason quartebacks don’t return kicks and linebackers dont play wide receiver. They followed their natural genetic build and skillset to become the best at what they are built to do.

    Samsung has been a fuckin train wreck with every single piece of fuckin software they touch. They used to make amazing hardware products and I was their #1 fan 20 years ago. Then they started embedding software in every cunthole they can shove their tiny dicks into and first I stopped buying their TV because the volume button on the remotes hat an embedded feature that when pressed down/in instead of up or down (like the sticks on video game contorll3rs) it backed you out of fuckin everything and launched the fuckin atrocious built in samsung broadcasted tv. Not cable, not anything you plug in or choose. No it takes you to a tv broadcasts only shows that noone will pay to watch. Then it was laptops then its now about to be my fuckin ZFold-5 that AGAIN is the best piece of mobile hardware ive ever owned. Indestructible, blazing fast typing speed with full qwerty keyboards like the good Ole cellphone days, beautiful display, beautiful cameras. It really is my favorite thing ive ever had ruined. They just facefuck shitty software onto of shitty software into everything they can. I MEAN PERFECT EXAMPLE AND TIME TO STOP WAS WHEN EVERYONE SAID FUCK YOU TO THEM MAKING FUCKBOOK A BUILT IN APP. Fuck samsung right in their fucking fuck hole

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    • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This was a super fun, and colorful read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Hahahaha

      Not to mention that I agree with everything said.

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    • pycorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I agree with what you said outside of their flagship smartphones. My Fold3 was fantastic all the up till the point I traded it in for a Fold6 so if you don’t mind, could you explain what they did to your Fold5 because I don’t see any example mentioned of how they managed to ruin it over time?

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  • Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I took the jump and installed GrapheneOS on my Pixel 9 this weekend. Easiest alternate OS load I’ve ever done, didn’t even need to see a command line. (I’ve put LineageOS on many a phone and GrapheneOS’s web-based installer is amazing).

    Loving it so far. I have three profiles, the main ‘Owner’ with NO google services/app store at all; and two more ‘Personal’ and ‘Work’ profiles that have Google stuff.

    Amazingly GrapheneOS even lets you deny Google App Store itself permissions to install from untrusted sources (in this case, Google App Store itself) – I was suprised to see installing just App Store triggered attempts to then load: My Pixel, Google Photos, Fitbit(!!? WTF), and a few others, without any confirmation first. Was able to shut that shit down immediately.

    I hope GrapheneOS spreads to other phone models. And I’m sure Google has a team planning on how to strangle it before it does…

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    • amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How does it deal with banking apps? What about camera apps? How is the camera workings with other camera apps?

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      • modular950@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I am US-based. I have a handful of credit card apps, and a few banking / investment apps - all of them in my experience have worked fine. ONE of them required me to toggle a GrapheneOS option that enables you to exempt certain apps from some of Graphenes more hardened safety measures.

        “Exploit Protection Compatibility Mode” is the toggle which can be flipped per-app, and is very easy to access so you can quickly troubleshoot whether that’s related to any app troubles or not.

        Similar to the other comment, I also use Pixel Camera by downloading the Google pixel cam APK and installing. I’ve removed all permissions from the camera (and photos) app besides to the camera lense itself, and file permissions of course. You can even use Pixel Cam’s hefty features like unblur, erase me, etc. - though certain ones require you to temporarily give network access to the camera app so that it can reach out and download necessary packages. Once done, you can remove network permissions and the downloaded function will remain functional.

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      • timhayes1991@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I haven’t had problems with Canadian banking apps, and I use 3 of them. Sadly, my favourite budgeting app doesn’t work with Graphene OS. I use it every day (and have paid for lifetime premium access), so it was unfortunately a pretty big issue. But I love what they do. A cause worth donating to.

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      • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        All my bank apps work, I have the stock pixel camera app and it works perfectly

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      • Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I haven’t yet tried – planning to do that in the next day or so when I get the time.

        Others already replied with promising results, I sure hope they work for me as well (Scotiabank in Canada is particularly annoying in this respect in my experience, with LineageOS I had to use Magisk and define stealth rules specifically for their banking app).

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    • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How about intune?

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      • Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Forgive me but what is intune? I did a quick search and just found some Microsoft endpoint protection thingie – there is mention of a Managed Google Play but I have no idea what that would mean.

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    First sentence:

    Samsung has been accused of shipping budget Galaxy A and M series smartphones with pre-installed spyware that users can’t easily remove.

    So unremovable in the sense that it can be removed.

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    • affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      also from the article:

      Even more concerning, attempts to uninstall it often fail due to its deep integration into Samsung’s One UI operating system.

      Reports indicate the app reactivates automatically following software updates or factory resets, making it virtually unremovable for average users.

      but i do agree that “virtually unremovable” and “unremovable” are two very different things. and im not even sure i would classify this as “virtually unremovable”

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    • SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A new type of Android spyware that requires a password for uninstallation has been identified, making it increasingly difficult for victims to remove the malicious software from their devices.

      The first sentence in the link that you linked.

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  • livingcoder@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I will never buy another Samsung phone or tablet. I was done the moment I started getting notification ads from the Samsung store that I cannot disable.

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  • A_A@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Israel, again, is pushing for this :

    The software in question, AppCloud, developed by the mobile analytics firm IronSource, has been embedded in devices sold primarily in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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    • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Again?

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      • A_A@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Amongst other things, Israel, if you recall, made some cell phones to explode, so too kill people they don’t like. Or maybe there was something called “Pegasus” that went something like that also ? I would have to do some search to be sure.

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    • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Huh, Unity owns IronSource.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Alwayshasbeen.jpg

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  • jankforlife@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is anyone really surprised one of the biggest companies in occupied korea would do this??

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    • capt_kafei@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “Occupied Korea”?

      lemmy.ml

      Oh

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      • Badabinski@kbin.earth ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, that's a "block and move on with your day" sort of account for sure.

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      • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It is a fucking tankie invasion recently.

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      • jankforlife@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, the premier communist instance, what’s yer problem with it?

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    • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Last I checked north Korea hadn’t invaded

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    • lemmylommy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nomen est omen

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