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Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

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845 points the-anarchist | 1 comments | 21 Jun 25 03:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.328s | source
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akersten ◴[21 Jun 25 03:52 UTC] No.44334335[source]▶
In my experience, Samsung is a label that means "stay far, far away." From the Galaxy Note fiasco to my microwave to my dishwasher to ... Probably at least three other products before I learned my lesson.

I even refuse to buy QD-OLED monitors out of indignation that Samsung makes the panels. Maybe I'm alone but maybe one day we'll boycott lousy companies out of business.

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Gigachad ◴[21 Jun 25 04:09 UTC] No.44334424[source]▶
Samsung phones have been filled with preinstalled spyware since the beginning. Outside of fairly unusable Linux phones, Apple seems to be the only one taking privacy seriously.
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1. compootr ◴[21 Jun 25 04:40 UTC] No.44334560[source]▶
manufacturers aside, grapheneos and lineage work well because of Google's work on their phones