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Google app being flagged as a virus by Huawei phones (stackdiary.com)

submitted 10 months ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this "malicious software" has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 122 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, Google most certainly is spyware so I don’t see how it’s wrong.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 50 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Google most certainly is spyware

Just like every single bit of Huawei software, they just send your data to the Chinese government instead lol

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Agree

[–] corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works 95 points 10 months ago

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago

Pot protecting users from kettle

[–] Ordoabchao@kbin.social 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (26 children)

I'd trust a Huawei phone less than I would a Google phone. Much less.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hands down the worst phone I've had was the Nexus 6P. The battery issues were incredibly bad, to the point there was a successful class action lawsuit about it.

Since that was a Google phone manufactured by Huawei, I have no idea how that contributes to this conversation but it seemed relevant. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

That thing was a POS. Thankfully Google gave me a Pixel XL with double the storage on the house because of it, but I also in hindsight worry that my personal data was being backdoored to Beijing. 10 years ago me should have been wiser to not buy a Chinese company's phone.

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[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 53 points 10 months ago

Google is a virus. Just like all the chinese spyware you find on a Huawei phone.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 39 points 10 months ago

They are not wrong.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it wrong?

[–] draughtcyclist@programming.dev 19 points 10 months ago

Beat me to it, it collects an ungodly amount of PII

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago

LOL Incorrectly

[–] woshang@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Unfortunately, it's true... Monitoring, data collection, implementing ads, and there's so little security for our accounts. Idk, I've been using Google less than ever since ChatGPT came out. And DuckDuckGo.

[–] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure but what does "enticing users to pay with adult content" mean?

[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Sundar wants them feet pics

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 0 points 10 months ago

There are rumors circulating, why Israeli intelligence failed to sniff out about Hamas's attack plan, because Hamas used Huawei phones (without gapps)

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[–] chevy9294@monero.town 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That means they have good antivirus.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I thought Huawei wasn't able / allowed to use Google Services due to the tradewar...

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

They aren't.

But Android is Android, users can install any APK they want

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I have the P30 which is fully Googled up, I think it's just the newer models?!

[–] blitzkrieg@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Based Huawei

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah the Chinese garbage phone that has tons of spyware and will send your data to the CCP is so based because it doesn't include Google spyware. Makes sense.

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

1%based for calling Google malware 99% bullshit for being probably at least equally bad

[–] serpineslair@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Someone in my family had this, reluctantly restarted the phone to make the message go away as I found it to be a very dodgy sounding message. Good to know that it won't do any long term damage to hit ignore the next time it pops up.

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