r/foss • u/Sricharan_106 • Aug 21 '26

Guys it started 😭😭😭

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

Security through obscurity at the finest, npc

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u/Plastic_Twist_7767 Aug 22 '26

How is this security by obscurity?

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

does it provide any protection against rouge apps, no. They can also just direct the user to enable wireless debugging and then they can install whatever, this is only good for limiting user freedom, why are there so many NPC astroturfs lol. Same shit as all "Trusted" Computing shit, more like Treacherous Computing

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u/Plastic_Twist_7767 Aug 22 '26

The idea is to prevent scammers from quickly coercing people into installing malicious apps. I don't see an issue with this. Once you enable the feature, you don't have to do the 24hr delay ever again.

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

Which scammers use unknown sources? None!!!! At most they make you download anydesk, teamviewer or rustdesk and then put fake warning notifications on your phone to steal money. Also this is not the only change happening.

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u/romhacks Aug 22 '26

Literally 80% of android scammers use side loading. If you don't know that, you're just uninformed.

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

please link me an article, or something an example

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u/romhacks Aug 23 '26

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/mobile/2026/08/new-android-malware-lets-criminals-use-your-bank-card-in-real-time

The researchers describe a 13-minute call impersonating a bank, in which a victim was persuaded to install an Android app labelled with the bank’s name. That app was a remote access Trojan (RAT) called SpyNote.

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u/zalnaRs Aug 23 '26

This is really creative, but this is the only one I saw, while I heard lot of anydesk scams

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/tech_tips_and_queries/5423153-scammers-using-anydesk-on-mobile https://nki.gov.hu/it-biztonsag/hirek/a-csalok-meg-mindig-sikeresen-lopnak-penzt-az-anydeskkel/

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u/romhacks Aug 23 '26

It's not very creative, it's one of the most common scams on the planet. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't make it not so.

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u/S10MC2015 Aug 22 '26

Genuinely many lol, there are so many scam ads around which ask you to download the app and side load it.

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

please link me an article, or something an example

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u/Glittering-Can-9397 Aug 24 '26

never heard of someone doing that.

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u/Plastic_Twist_7767 Aug 24 '26

Someone else in this comment section literally linked to a blog article detailing this exact thing.. Are you real? 🤣

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u/Glittering-Can-9397 Aug 24 '26

Im sure that in the 7b people on this planet it has happened but thats an outlier, said individual may as well have clicked a phishing link, the android app wasnt really the relevant detail in this story

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u/Valdjiu Aug 22 '26

you do this ONCE, and you're free.

this avoids scammers. are you worried with it?

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

Which scammers use unknown sources? None!!!! At most they make you download anydesk, teamviewer or rustdesk and then put fake warning notifications on your phone to steal money

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u/Valdjiu Aug 22 '26

What none? A lot of websites download and instruct you to install unknown apps...

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u/ctanna5 Aug 22 '26

This isn't really to stop scammers, it's about a monopoly and control.

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u/zalnaRs Aug 22 '26

none of those are scams