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submitted 1 year ago by marco@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Interesting to hear such things discussed at that level. Turning it off is suggested to get rid of compromised background processes that might be spying on users. Obviously, this only help against malware that isn't permanently installed on a phone.

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[-] vegivamp@feddit.nl 43 points 1 year ago

As if any spyware worth it's salt didn't install itself as service with an innocuous name. Something like "Facebook" or "TikTok".

[-] Artanis@feddit.it 11 points 1 year ago

undefined> Something like “Facebook” or “TikTok”.

I wouldn't call those innocuous at all, lol.

[-] Hyacin@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

I have both of those spywares installed!!

[-] marco@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

That was my initial reaction too, but I believe there is also a good amount of attacks that use 0-day exploits and might not have an angle for permanence yet.

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