Android 11 feature to be enabled in older phones

[svim]

-- An app auto-reset feature in Android 11 will be enabled some time in December on older devices too (going back to Marshmallow).

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/...about-keeping-you-safe-from-barely-used-apps/

https://www.reviewgeek.com/98060/androids-best-new-security-feature-arrives-on-older-smartphones/

 

[puppykickr]

Knowing Google, if they can reset your pernission settings to off, then they can also turn them back on.

 

[Davdi]

It's more security theatre. It would be useful if google could reset permissions in the event of a security breach in an app, even more useful if you received a notification that the app was unsafe and would be removed in 7 days, to give time to back up any data from the app they want to keep.

 

[puppykickr]

Goggle is the opposite of security.

 

[svim]

I tend to disagree, there's a distinction between 'security' and 'privacy'. Both are at times intertwined but they are not the same thing.
Google has a relatively good history as far as its overall security measures while its stance on privacy is scary.

 

[puppykickr]

I tend to disagree, there's a distinction between 'security' and 'privacy'. Both are at times intertwined but they are not the same thing.
Google has a relatively good history as far as its overall security measures while its stance on privacy is scary.

I must disagree completely.

Privacy IS a part of security.

Not only that, but the sheer amount of shady, scammy, spammy, useless, fear mongering, and dangerous apps provided by the Google Play Store- which they emphatically boast as the ONLY safe place to get apps- is a perfect example of what security is NOT.

Ever notice how every full page pop up that says "Your device has been 28.4% infected with viruses and will be locked within 2 days" has a link that takes you directly to one of thousands of BS anti-virus apps on Google Play Store?

 

[Davdi]

I must disagree completely.

Privacy IS a part of security.

Not only that, but the sheer amount of shady, scammy, spammy, useless, fear mongering, and dangerous apps provided by the Google Play Store- which they emphatically boast as the ONLY safe place to get apps- is a perfect example of what security is NOT.

Ever notice how every full page pop up that says "Your device has been 28.4% infected with viruses and will be locked within 2 days" has a link that takes you directly to one of thousands of BS anti-virus apps on Google Play Store?

Errr No, I've never had that kind of message on any of my devices(Samsung/HTC/Moto/Huawei/Various Chinese phones - Cubot/Doogee and others)
The full page pop-up ads will be as a result of something you installed (or was installed BY something you installed). BTW I tend to use F-Droid in preference to the play store as all their apps are FOSS..

 

[puppykickr]

Errr No, I've never had that kind of message on any of my devices(Samsung/HTC/Moto/Huawei/Various Chinese phones - Cubot/Doogee and others)
The full page pop-up ads will be as a result of something you installed (or was installed BY something you installed). BTW I tend to use F-Droid in preference to the play store as all their apps are FOSS..

No, not pop-ups from any apps-
these are full page browser hijackers that are difficult to even back out of without a good browser.

And by good, I mean anything not associated with Google.

And by you getting apps from F-Droid instead (as I do as well) you demonstrate that privacy is security.

Security in your private matters is privacy by definition.

Therefore, privacy is a part of security.