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Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature

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Jeff Layman wrote on Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:56:30 +0100 :

>> But I could have told you the answer anyway - GOS builds from Google's
>> sources, so they don't include closed source apps like this.  If you choose
>> to install Google Play then that's closed source, but they carefully vet what
>> gets installed.

Since Aurora is the same thing as the Google Play Store is, I can't imagine
that anyone who installs GrapheneOS would ever put the Google Play Store on
it.

What on earth would be the reason to put the Google Play Store on a
non-Googled device when Aurora is a thousand times better anyway?

Makes no sense.

>> GrapheneOS also have an official statement which debunks the whole story:
>> https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/14993-debunking-fake-stock-pixel-os-vulnerability-from-an-edr-company
> 
> It's hard to know who to believe these days... :-(

I have one Occam's Razor rule that a web site that explains BOTH SIDES of
the story is almost always more knowledgeable & more reputable than a web
site (or article) that only explains ONE SIDE of the story.

I read the link that Theo kindly supplied, which changes the picture a lot.
 <https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/14993-debunking-fake-stock-pixel-os-vulnerability-from-an-edr-company>

Anyway, I looked in Muntashirakon App Manager for "showcase.apk" and it's
not on my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy A32-5G so I'm not going to worry much.

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  Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-15 22:31 +0100
    Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-08-16 02:27 +0000
      Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-08-16 04:39 +0200
      Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-16 08:17 +0100
        Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden   insecure feature Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2024-08-16 12:09 -0700
          Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-16 21:46 +0100
        Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-08-16 20:47 +0100
          Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-16 21:56 +0100
            Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-08-16 23:39 +0000
              Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-08-17 11:13 +0100
                Re: Washington Post says Google sold Android phones with hidden insecure feature Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-08-17 11:58 +0000
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