If this can happen, is it possible that once mandatory developer verification comes into effect, all 3rd party apps will be uninstalled at first and require a re-install?

Concerning this specific case, NFCGate is a tool on which malware (family) titled NGate by ESET is based, thus likely causing a false positive.

Oh, and no bypass is available anymore (aside from disabling play protect):

  • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    231·
    11 days ago

    I mean there is the problem of malicious apps on the Play Store (though that should be handled by Google reviewing submitted apps better). Maybe Play Protect could uninstall those once they’re discovered? Seems a bit late. There’s uninformed users being fooled into installing malicious APKs outside of the Play Store by blindly following malicious instructions, but Play Protect is just another step to follow.

    I figure what’s more valuable to Google is the marketing that Android is secure and a list of apps installed on your phone.

      • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        11 days ago

        Android being “open” was always just marketing. The truth is more complex and not as sellable.

        • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          Everyone tried to use the same model, even MacOS reboot sold itself as Unix and the open-source portion of the platform used to be much larger. You could edit a config file and make it load text console only in the early years.

          Annoying, really, as every one of them preach openness until they get so big, and then they seal the gates because they think they have their market locked down.

          Not anymore.

          Will be interesting to see how android dies. It will be slow, but it is a given.

          • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 days ago

            I actually don’t think Apple ever described Mac OS X as open like Android did. The way Android did was always in contrast with Apple’s ways. That was their point.

            Apple has boasted about narrow open things, like WebKit, and a few other things. WebKit was so open that Google forked it to make Blink. And WebKit was based on KHTML IIRC. Another open source project. And yes Unix was promoted in marketing. But they never claimed Mac OS X was open like Android did. They boasted about a Unix foundation.

            Android never boasted about a Linux foundation. Just about being open.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          android is a box were the lid only closes halfway on its own, and it took them until now to care enough to close the lid