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Implementing automatic eSIM installation on Android
- deleted 7mo ago[deleted]
- wolvoleo 7mo agoHmm I don't really want apps to be able to be messing around with my esims. Just give me a QR to scan. Simple enough.
- nesterenkopavel 7mo agoSystem uses the same mechanism under the hood. If the app has their own Mobile Operator, it can be more smooth to work with eSIM - without QR scanning at all
- kuschku 7mo agoThe operator decides which apps can interact with a given esim. Wasn't this supposed to be a general purpose computer? Why can a service decide which apps I can use to access which features of my own device?
- nesterenkopavel 7mo agoI guess Google introduced it for security reasons. You still can install eSIM within your own android or in operator’s app by just giving permissions. Unfortunately service cannot decided by its own so you are as a user staying in safety while using random app.
- kuschku 7mo ago"security reasons" is such a vague phrase that just means "because some people are unable to use it correctly, no one can have it". That's only okay if it's a danger to others.
- metalman 7mo ago[flagged]
- M95D 7mo agoDoes this mean that malware can redirect all my calls by installing an esim with no user interaction?
- gruez 7mo ago>The downloadSubscription method requires android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EMBEDDED_SUBSCRIPTIONS It's not mentioned but that permission is only available to system apps.