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Not really. Strictly speaking Google Play Services is a rootkit. One that can be used remotely. And it contains heaps of invasive user tracking code. Is is pretty much malware.
Yet on geek kingdom, bad Microsoft pushing W10 telemetry on us, but Google is cool and doesn't do no evil.
Time to mention https://microg.org/ / https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12864429 again. It's a FLOSS re-implementation of Google Play Services. It offers e.g.: * Optional completely offline geo location service via an on-phone database which often preserves battery and even works when no internet access is available. Online backends using e.g. Mozilla Location Service are also available * The often unavoidable Pus…
Can I use Signal under this setup?
What is the worst thing about G Play Services you can't turn off?
Uber, Tinder, and other apps I use require Google Play Services in their latest version. They simply refuse to work without it and there is no web alternative. It's either downgrade to a bug-prone version or use Google Play Services. There is really no privacy on a fully functional Android Phone that isn't just email and phone services - though I guess if you're using Uber and Tinder there is no privacy one way or th…
The Economist magazine not only requires Google Play Services, but also access to your microphone. There is no way to disable that. I cannot figure out why they would need such intrusive access -- there is no "speak" feature in their app that I'm aware of.
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This particular code looks fairly straightforward (could definitely be clearer). It's building a url and including the email as a path segment. What the remote service ( http://tokendispenser-yeriomin.rhcloud.com/ ) is doing with that email is harder to determine.
That part is open source too: https://github.com/yeriomin/token-dispenser That said, if you're sketched out by it, don't use it on a Google account with any data on it. Just make a new empty account for apk downloading.
I couldn't tell if it was encrypting the password but even if it was... yuck!
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That part is open source too: https://github.com/yeriomin/token-dispenser That said, if you're sketched out by it, don't use it on a Google account with any data on it. Just make a new empty account for apk downloading.
"Stores email-password pairs, gives out Google Play Store tokens" I couldn't tell if it was encrypting the password but even if it was... yuck!
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Even high end devices often have batteries issues. Battery tech is just not that great. Usually they arrive at the one year date though. Otherwise, you should be able to track the culprit with the battery historian (unless it is hiding behind play services ..)
They'd be a lot better if they just made the phone 1mm thicker ;-)
Time to mention https://microg.org/ / https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12864429 again. It's a FLOSS re-implementation of Google Play Services. It offers e.g.: * Optional completely offline geo location service via an on-phone database which often preserves battery and even works when no internet access is available. Online backends using e.g. Mozilla Location Service are also available * The often unavoidable Pus…
Can I use Signal under this setup?
https://fdroid.copperhead.co/repo
The repo's signing key fingerprint (sha256) is
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