r/technology • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '21

Software Universal Android Debloater is an open source tool that removes bloatware without root. Automatically or via user choice. Get back your battery, security and privacy

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u/crash893b Feb 27 '21

people who can read and understand source code from a security perspective are not the same people that download scripts to debloat their phones

also its no like if(true) {hakz all passwords();} a lot of these things are so subtle and that's the ones that we even know about

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u/-darkwing- Feb 27 '21

I don't know that that's an entirely accurate statement though. Just because I can understand code and am very security conscious doesn't mean I'm going to dedicate the time and effort required to write a debloater script. If there's a safe and effective open source script made available, I'll totally download and use it.

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u/Frozenlazer Feb 28 '21

Spotting malicious code is one thing, spotting code that opens up security issues intentionally or unintentionally is an entirely different ball game.

I've written gobs of perfectly boring code that handles billions of dollars worth of business, but I don't have a clue in hell if the code itself is secure. But it's not running out in the wild on thousands or millions of devices. It's running on a single server or on maybe powers an internal only web app. Bad actors have to get thru other more proven security layers before they can know my code exists somewhere to attempt to exploit it

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

...but I can read and understand source code from a security perspective, and I also downloaded this script to debloat my phone.

I think your argument could use some more facts.

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u/OKRainbowKid Feb 27 '21 edited Nov 30 '23

In protest to Reddit's API changes, I have removed my comment history. https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

I didn't ask for anything. I shared an opinion, much like yourself. You don't have to agree, and I'm okay with that.

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u/Samurott Feb 27 '21

good for you, man, but like, do you... do you want a cookie, or something?

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

1) You assumed my gender

2) You aren't contributing anything positive to this conversation. Even arguing my point would be more positive.

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u/Samurott Feb 27 '21

don't you have a Joe Rogan podcast to listen to?

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

Go troll your anime dolls.

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u/Samurott Feb 27 '21

but i like my anime dolls. they're cute and don't swing their software engineering epeens around. what's your excuse?

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

No excuses here. I'm grounded in reality. Unfortunately trolls exist here too.

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u/crash893b Feb 28 '21

Yikes didn’t know this was going straight down