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A dev recently discovered a browser built into the settings (for any google app that lets you edit settings). From there you can bypass parental controls or enterprise restrictions.

This is a pretty exciting "extra feature", Google!

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This isn't a secret browser, it's Android System Webview - the system browser apps use when they aren't a browser.

What they've found here is a route to google.com from a webview page accessed from within the settings.

[–] sznio@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the mm object is the most worrying thing about this, not the fact that it's a standard WebView.

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