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Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices (cybersecuritynews.com)
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[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Samsung has been accused of shipping budget Galaxy A and M series smartphones with pre-installed spyware that users can’t easily remove.

The software in question, AppCloud, developed by the mobile analytics firm IronSource, has been embedded in devices sold primarily in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

So these are cheap phones mostly being sold in the Middle East.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 hours ago

This is so gross.