I read this arstechnica article--and had to pick my chin up off the floor.
"US Government-funded Android phones come preinstalled with unremovable malware
Phones were sold to low-income people under the FCC's Lifeline Assistance program."
Read the article and see if you share my outrage.
Things we take for granted, like choosing which apps to install and what permissions to give them, are tossed out the window. Apps are installed completely transparently to the user--no action on their part triggers it, nor can they stop it. Malware is intentionally installed--and can't be removed without bricking the device:
"An Android phone subsidized by the US government for low-income users comes preinstalled with malware that can't be removed without making the device cease to work..."
I don't understand why this is okay...
(Mods, yeah, I know where this will end up. *sigh* Sorry.)
"US Government-funded Android phones come preinstalled with unremovable malware
Phones were sold to low-income people under the FCC's Lifeline Assistance program."
Read the article and see if you share my outrage.
Things we take for granted, like choosing which apps to install and what permissions to give them, are tossed out the window. Apps are installed completely transparently to the user--no action on their part triggers it, nor can they stop it. Malware is intentionally installed--and can't be removed without bricking the device:
"An Android phone subsidized by the US government for low-income users comes preinstalled with malware that can't be removed without making the device cease to work..."
I don't understand why this is okay...
(Mods, yeah, I know where this will end up. *sigh* Sorry.)