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Any device with Google services installed has all apps scanned at least once per day. >Real-time protections for non-Play installs Google Play Protect offers p

Any device with Google services installed has all apps scanned at least once per day. >Real-time protections for non-Play installs Google Play Protect offers protection for apps that are installed from sources outside of Google Play. When a user tries to install an app, Play Protect conducts a real-time check of the app against known harmful or malicious samples that Google Play Protect has cataloged. https://developers.google.com/android/play-protect/client-protections https://developers.google.com/android/play-protect/client-pr... They will also go further for apks with novel signatures - take a copy, upload it to google to decompile and scan, and then if you have their express permission, allow you to install it.

gruez 5mo ago
>Any device with Google services installed has all apps scanned at least once per day. You can turn it off, so it's not "any". At best it's "most".
- tylerchilds 5mo ago
  Also I daily drive graphene and that has no Google play services
  - bornfreddy 5mo ago
    Unless you want push notifications.
    - nabakin 5mo ago
      Then you can sandbox
      - bornfreddy 5mo ago
        Their app is still running all the time. I do not know what exactly it is collecting, but I'm sure it sends a lot of information to Google. Even just the fact that Google knows my IP (which is otherwise dynamically assigned) at any time is too much. On the other hand, if you try selectively enabling and disabling the service, the push notifications stop working. LineageOS + MicroG is a much better solution if you only need them occasionally and if you prefer an app which does not actively (try to) spy on you.
        gruez 5mo ago
        >Even just the fact that Google knows my IP (which is otherwise dynamically assigned) at any time is too much. >LineageOS + MicroG is a much better solution Doesn't microg still connect to google? I'm not sure what your threat model is here.
    - tylerchilds 5mo ago
      I get signal notifications. Anyone I want to talk to uses signal.

gruez 5mo ago

>Any device with Google services installed has all apps scanned at least once per day. You can turn it off, so it's not "any". At best it's "most".

tylerchilds 5mo ago
Also I daily drive graphene and that has no Google play services
- bornfreddy 5mo ago
  Unless you want push notifications.
  - nabakin 5mo ago
    Then you can sandbox
    - bornfreddy 5mo ago
      Their app is still running all the time. I do not know what exactly it is collecting, but I'm sure it sends a lot of information to Google. Even just the fact that Google knows my IP (which is otherwise dynamically assigned) at any time is too much. On the other hand, if you try selectively enabling and disabling the service, the push notifications stop working. LineageOS + MicroG is a much better solution if you only need them occasionally and if you prefer an app which does not actively (try to) spy on you.
      - gruez 5mo ago
        >Even just the fact that Google knows my IP (which is otherwise dynamically assigned) at any time is too much. >LineageOS + MicroG is a much better solution Doesn't microg still connect to google? I'm not sure what your threat model is here.
  - tylerchilds 5mo ago
    I get signal notifications. Anyone I want to talk to uses signal.