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  • That.. is not a study by anyone who knows what they are talking about. It also does not mention fingerprints at all.

    They seem to believe that the app can use permissions undeclared in the manifest file because they obviously think it's only for the store to show the permissions to the user. Android will not actually allow an app to use undeclared permissions. The most rational explanation is the codebase is shared with different version of the app (possibly not released) that had different manifests.

    It also makes a big deal of checking if running as root. That is not evidence of having an escalation exploit. If they have an ability to get root before running the app why would they need to use the app to exploit it? They could just do whatever they wanted and avoid leaving traces in the app. Though I doubt they would root phones to just brick them. It's the kind of mischief you would expect from a kid writing viruses, not an intelligence agency or criminal enterprise.

    Users who root their own phones are very unlikely to run temu as root. In fact a lot of apps related to shopping or banking try to detect root to refuse to work as your system is unsafely. In any case it's a very niche group to target.

    To keep things short, that 'study' does not really look credible or written by actual experts.

  • With the context of piracy in mind sites located beyond your own country's authority are a better choice as they are less likely to cooperate.

    Of course unless you take measures your isp will know you 've been accessing that site. Additionally even though the domain is normally under Russian control your country's authority can actually order your ISP to have it's DNS direct you elsewhere.

  • I hope their values are not "get some good press".

    Firefox being banned (or even chrome) won't change the outlook of Russians more than... fighting a friggin war (and doing badly).

    You can still get the plugins via other means (getting them from somebody who already had them, getting a non flagged vpn to access the store).

    In this context it's better for Firefox not to be the illegal unpatriotic software.

  • They don't block them. They stopped distributing them in Russia.

    They are not disabling installed addons and you can always install addons from a file in Firefox.

    Yes it will be more difficult to install and more risky to get a tampered version of the extension but if they did not comply the same problems would exist and extend to the actual browser.

  • You just can’t fathom that most people just want to use the OS their PC came with.

    No they don't they want to get a task done. The vast majority of users doesn't know what an OS or a browser is never mind that there are alternatives.

    These people don’t want to struggle with the incompatibilities that come with Linux systems.

    Most people are simply not aware of Linux systems let alone linux system incompatibilities.

    Troubleshooting Linux systems is a daunting task for most casual users.

    No shit, troubleshooting windows is a daunting task for most casual users. They either nag/pay someone to try and fix it or simply cope with it. And windows fucks up all the time, especially for most users.

    It’s great that you use Linux because fuck greedy corporations. But stop being so uppity about it. This toxic behavior is what steers people away from Linux forums.

    People don't just randomly get on Linux forums, especially linux memes forums. Nor is my previous comment in any way or form toxic. I just pointed out the blind spot of windows fans, you just can't handle criticism.

  • I don't hate GrapheneOS but if your issue with the Android ecosystem is largely due to Google's decisions in the software side, promoting Google's hardware because currently they allow you to use alternative software is compromising your future options.