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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: 0.216s | source
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grishka ◴[21 Jun 25 03:52 UTC] No.44334337[source]▶
The "unremovable" part is inaccurate. While you can't completely remove it because it resides on the system partition, you most probably can still disable it with an adb command:

    adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.package.name
This command is very powerful as it works for any app, even those that have "disable" greyed out in the settings. I disabled the Galaxy Store on my S9 this way for example.
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johnisgood ◴[21 Jun 25 14:48 UTC] No.44338012[source]▶
How would one go about using adb? Motorola, stock Android. Do I need to root my phone for this to work or what are the requirements, or how do I perform it?
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contingencies ◴[21 Jun 25 15:05 UTC] No.44338145[source]▶
1. Install android SDK / android studio on your computer.

2. Plug phone in to computer using USBC cable.

3. Answer prompt on phone granting permission to computer.

4. Run adb commands.

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1. danieldk ◴[21 Jun 25 20:55 UTC] No.44340676[source]▶
You also have to enable developer options (tap the Android build number N times) and then enable USB debugging. You can disable USB debugging and the developer options afterwards (keeping USB debugging on is insecure).

The universal android debloater makes uninstalling packages easier, it has descriptions and categorizes packages by how safe they are to uninstall.