F-Droid has warned that over the past few months, Google has pushed a malicious programme known as the Android Developer Verifier to as many as 4 billion Android devices

Premadekrill(She/Her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 hours ago

F-Droid has warned that over the past few months, Google has pushed a malicious programme known as the Android Developer Verifier to as many as 4 billion Android devices

vatlark@lemmy.world · 2 hours ago

Where is the motorola graphene OS phone? This would be a great day to launch.

ozymandias@sh.itjust.works · 15 hours ago

This is a good time to remind people that if you install a custom ROM from https://xdaforums.com/ (that’s where most instructions are at any rate), you can install a version of Android with no google services whatsoever, including no play store

moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 hours ago

only if your device is rootable unfortunately

heliotrope@retrofed.com · 11 hours ago

Not necessarily. LineageOS doesn’t require root; just a compatible device.

softotteep@pawb.social · 1 hour ago

It also requires the boot loader to be unlocked, which is the same requirement for rooting a phone. Thus, you can only install LineageOS if your phone is rootable.

brillotti@lemmy.world · 19 hours ago

They’re not wrong

Mugita Sokio@lemmy.today · 16 hours ago

GrapheneOS users, I don’t think, will have this virus. I could be wrong, though.

F-Droid has warned that over the past few months, Google has pushed a malicious programme known as the Android Developer Verifier to as many as 4 billion Android devices

F-Droid has warned that over the past few months, Google has pushed a malicious programme known as the Android Developer Verifier to as many as 4 billion Android devices

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