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Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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391 points croes | 3 comments | 17 Nov 25 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.592s | source
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rs186 ◴[17 Nov 25 19:43 UTC] No.45957387[source]▶
AppCloud is not only in India. It is on some OEM version of the phone in the US as well.

How did I know? My phone had random notifications promoting apps that I had never heard of, and I couldn't find a way to disable them. Eventually I found and removed it via adb.

These scumbags.

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1. keyringlight ◴[17 Nov 25 22:02 UTC] No.45958873[source]▶
Any chance you can remember the package name? It's not mentioned in the article or ones it linked to, and I can't quickly find it on my phone. There is the vaguely named "application recommendations" that going by a quick search should be com.samsung.android.mapsagent
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2. rs186 ◴[17 Nov 25 23:44 UTC] No.45959774[source]▶
com.aura.oobe.att

Apparently only for the at&t variant.

3. 0xR1CK ◴[18 Nov 25 00:56 UTC] No.45960214[source]▶
com.samsung.android.app.spage

for t-mobile