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Replacing a launcher can be pretty bad. This happened to people I know. Some innocent sounding app replaced their launcher and added a fake Gmail widget to the
by nunez 2y ago
Replacing a launcher can be pretty bad.
This happened to people I know. Some innocent sounding app replaced their launcher and added a fake Gmail widget to their home screen. It prompted them to login and, well, you know the rest.
This would never happen on iOS because you can't change the launcher.
- 827a 2y agoAgreed. Its my opinion that you should be able to replace the launcher on Android devices, but the Play Store should refuse to distribute apps that do this.
- nunez 2y agoI really like this. People that know what they're doing can go nuts and sideload apks all day long, which is still more flexibility than you'll ever get with Apple. People that barely know how to use their phone outside of a few key apps will never have to worry about this attack vector.