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Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

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845 points the-anarchist | 6 comments | 21 Jun 25 03:06 UTC | HN request time: 1.178s | source | bottom
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OutOfHere ◴[21 Jun 25 04:44 UTC] No.44334583[source]▶
Samsung currently has an unremovable spyware app on North American phones that pastes (records) everything copied to the clipboard by any app. It is the Samsung Keyboard app. It cannot be removed. It doesn't matter if you're using any other keyboard app. Samsung Keyboard pastes (records) everything that gets copied to the clipboard by any app. The Samsung Keyboard app cannot even be disabled from Android.

As an aside, I recall getting a lot more ads when I used Samsung Keyboard.

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1. stevenhuang ◴[21 Jun 25 08:30 UTC] No.44335756[source]▶
https://www.reddit.com/r/samsunggalaxy/comments/mtakqq/how_t...

Yeah, all Samsung software is a liability.

Don't even get me started on the Samsung smart TVs. Just horrible all-around.

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2. spinlock_ ◴[21 Jun 25 09:15 UTC] No.44335982[source]▶
Thats why my Samsung TV has no internet access and I'm using Apple TV instead.
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3. Dah00n ◴[21 Jun 25 10:57 UTC] No.44336469[source]▶
From the fire into....
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4. spinlock_ ◴[21 Jun 25 11:23 UTC] No.44336632{3}[source]▶
Into what? Though I have no illusions about any tech company, I trust Apple more than Samsung right now. It's all relative, not absolute.
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5. joshstrange ◴[21 Jun 25 11:32 UTC] No.44336681{3}[source]▶
Do you wanna expand on that or just make vague statements with no facts?
6. amlib ◴[21 Jun 25 22:54 UTC] No.44341343{4}[source]▶
It's a slippery slope. Apple is as bad as Google was about 10 years ago and things seems to be degrading faster and faster. Give it another 5 years and they will be as bad as Google/Samsung is today.