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Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption
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Yesterday Google play kindly un-installed KDE connect for my "security" as it is a "dangerous app"
I promptly re-installed from f-Droid.
But all the Google defenders will say "it was for our own good" or the app dev did something that looked suspicious. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
And since I didn't want to root my old phone, I just disabled all of the Google services via adb.
But, but, now your phone could be hacked!! ๐คฃ
(yes, sarcasm, lol)
The Google bootlickers tell me my phone is at risk since it's rooted. As if every single Linux, Unix, and Windows box doesn't have root access for specific users. And Windows is so flawed they require a privilege escalation to perform fairly innocuous functions.