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Android 17 cracks down on shady apps that play surprise background audio
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baatliwala lemmy.world baatliwala@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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Link: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-17-background-audio-hardening-3669109/
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
#2 · Quote Reply

I will never use an Iphone, but the idea of Google actually caring about this stuff is ridiculous. The Android playstore is the software equivalent of a failed state.
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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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supersquirrel wrote:
I will never use an Iphone, but the idea of Google actually caring about this stuff is ridiculous. The Android playstore is the software equivalent of a failed state.

It's the source of basically ALL malware
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ExtremeDullard piefed.social ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-25
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Those apps prevent Google from listening in on your phone's microphone.
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Ilandar lemmy.today Ilandar@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-12
#5 · Quote Reply

Not really background audio, but...Grindr?
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Andrew Zabar lemmy.world AndrewZabar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-16
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supersquirrel wrote:
I will never use an Iphone, but the idea of Google actually caring about this stuff is ridiculous. The Android playstore is the software equivalent of a failed state.

The iOS App Store is possibly worse even. A complete cesspool of bottom-feeders, garbage, and anything that’s free gets buried because they only want the money-makers to be seen.
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