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bsaul ◴[] No.44501820[source]
how does this work ? Aren't the whatsapp data encrypted locally ?
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1. inerte ◴[] No.44501930[source]
Screen reader?
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2. bsaul ◴[] No.44502086[source]
oh ok, didn't understand that it was working over a screen capture stream... thanks !
3. hnburnsy ◴[] No.44505680[source]
Android Accessibility Service

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/...

>Devices running Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher include several text-processing features that make it easier for accessibility services to identify and operate on specific units of text that appear on screen.