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Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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shevy-java ◴[17 Nov 25 19:28 UTC] No.45957192[source]▶
SpyApps everywhere.

Hopefully one day we not only have open software, open hardware but also reproducibly guaranteed secure systems. Now I don't have any idea how this could be verified (and no, Microsoft's "Trusted Computing" is not what I have in mind), but I hope we'll see to this eventually.

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1. tamimio ◴[17 Nov 25 21:39 UTC] No.45958659[source]▶
It will be excluded from any popular OS and will end up a niche thing that no one will use. The issue is the hegemony of big tech companies over the regulations to shape it however they like, and in return they provide the surveillance to legislators.