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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: 0.47s | source
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userbinator ◴[21 Jun 25 04:22 UTC] No.44334486[source]▶
making it nearly impossible for regular users to uninstall it without root access, which voids warranties and poses security risks

Stop parroting the corporate propaganda that put us into this stupid situation in the first place. Having root access on devices you own should be a fundamental right, as otherwise it's not ownership.

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abtinf[dead post] ◴[21 Jun 25 04:43 UTC] No.44334577[source]▶
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StanislavPetrov ◴[21 Jun 25 04:49 UTC] No.44334602[source]▶
>You people don’t know or have forgotten what a god damn wasteland computers were 20 years ago.

Computers were utopia 20 years ago as compared to today - especially when it comes to privacy, security and user-control.

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throwanem ◴[21 Jun 25 05:41 UTC] No.44334836[source]▶
Spoken like someone who knew no one other than fellow practitioners in the field. My God, the 2000s were the Wild West in every kind of way - were you even there to see it? I note you do not say that you were.
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1. burnt-resistor ◴[21 Jun 25 05:57 UTC] No.44334919[source]▶
That's fine if they weren't. Probably not cool to attack them personally though.
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