Comment by const_cast
20 days ago
Nothing about this prevents random code running.
You still need an app with far too many permissions to pay for parking. All this does and funnel that through the play store.
Guess what - play store is infested with malware. In fact, most malware comes from the play store. This fixes nothing.
There's so much less malware in the walled gardens compared to wild internet, it's crazy
There is still some
I don't think this is true, sorry. The reality is 99% of malware is going to target where people actually get software from.
Granny isn't rooting her phone and installing unsigned binaries.
Yes, and 99% of it gets caught by walled gardens. That's why granny is fine on ios. She will get her data siphoned by shady apps but she will not install a backdoor from the app store. After google locks it down then maybe on android too.
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