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Tusky is still installed on my phone, though, so I guess Google hasn't decided to yank it off existing devices yet. Do they even have the capacity to do that?
by AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
Tusky is still installed on my phone, though, so I guess Google hasn't decided to yank it off existing devices yet.
Do they even have the capacity to do that? It would be quite irksome here, but I'd see it being useful in the case of apps that are found to contain malware.
- jeroenhd 6y agoThey do have the capacity to uninstall apps remotely as far as I know, but I don't think they've ever used it. Perhaps the system triggers when Play Protect finds an obvious strain of malware, but in these cases the default is to remove the store listing and the available updates but leave the app on the device. Google showed their capability years ago (https://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-Google-Applications-Android-Apps,news-7216.html https://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-Google-Applications-And...) but I don't know if they have the same capabilities now with the new Android permissions system.
- solarkraft 6y ago> They do have the capacity to uninstall apps remotely as far as I know As far as I know they have the capacity to do literally anything, since they have root rights on every phone with Play Services installed (which in most cases the user does not).