Force installed app
from NahMarcas@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 16 Aug 2026 14:48
https://lemmy.ml/post/51457768
from NahMarcas@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 16 Aug 2026 14:48
https://lemmy.ml/post/51457768
About 3 days ago my phone installed without warning this app, I just removed with no problems, maybe you shoult see if you have too
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Thanks! Looks as though I also had the same. I’ve only been able to disable it for now
I don’t even have a “disable” option…
It was also on mine
I was only able to disable it
I can only remove updates, not the actual app.
I was able to disable but not uninstall it…
I don’t seem to have it but I had this"Android System Key Verifier" I just removed
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That one is also safe to remove, but that one is a bit older and is apparently just for verifying contacts in E2EE messenger apps. Smells like spyware to me but Google provided no more context in the description than that so I’m not inclined to trust it.
Just be aware that it will likely bring itself back without notice, either in system updates or just pushed by the Play Store.
i didnt get it as of now
me neither. I have Play Store disabled (using Aurora instead); Play Protect also, not sure if it helps.
It keeps installing itself
We used to call software that installed things without permission a Trojan horse.
Graphene user, I highly recommend it to everyone I can.
LineageOS user… here as well
Nah, use Ubuntu Touch instead…in about a year when it’ll hopefully be usable and have more apps
Haven’t people been saying that about every linux phone OS for decades now?
At this point the daily usable linux phone feels like fusion energy. Always just a few years away
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Weirdly it’s not installed on my pixel 9. I shudder every time this piece of shit updates.
I know I should install graphene and I will but right now my life is a fiasco and I just can’t undertake the slightest risk that an essential won’t work. I’ve been installing custom roms since the PDA days so it’s not that.
Its not the PDA days anymore. They’re not ROMs anymore. Its a very easy and painless operation. Just plug it in and click some buttons in the browser.
Although it does involve restoring the system so…just make sure everything is backed up!
I installed graohene on a pixel 9a some weeks ago. Zero prior knowledge. Never done any ROM phone stuff. Its just following a tutorial and clicking some buttons in a browser and on the phone. Like 20 mins or so?
Please spare me your enthusiasm, I cannot bear any risk that my banking app won’t work or anything else along those lines.
You’re not really listening.
I know what I’m doing, I’m just not going to do it rn because I’m smart enough to know better.
Just disabled it and uninstalled all updates, thanks for the heads up
It will be installed again, don’t worry
I was on mine thanks pixel 9
I use Graphene, if you can, you should also use a custom rom.
On stock Android, Google has System privileges. If they want to do anything, they don’t need to install an app visible to the user. Whatever this is, it probably has some kind of purpose. The problem isn’t the app, but running an OS that the manufacturer has full control over.
Mine had that app too. It didn’t try to do anything yet though, my firewall would have caught it.
On my pixel 7, i see it listed as beta, but not sure how to disable. Can only remove updates.