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Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by Tokelin »

qu-everything wrote: post #30
pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

I just tried with my Samsung s9+ and the camera app picked up the qr code, don't know what you are saying

That's specific to the default Samsung Camera app.

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by rozab »

oakwhiz wrote: post #33
pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

I was going to recommend the open source "Barcode Scanner" app also known as "zxing" on GitHub. However when looking at the app's page, I noticed that someone seems to be engaging in some kind of review-bombing with that app. There are tons of reviews claiming that it was recently updated and has highly intrusive full page popup ads. But looking at the version info, the app hasn't seen an update for over 2 years and…

If you say "OK Google, scan a QR code", it opens up Google Lens which does the job but only seems to be accessible through voice on my device

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by teekert »

pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

Firefox mobile also has one embedded.

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by tjpnz »

TooCreative wrote: post #7

Strange article I unlocked my phone and two accidental clicks led me to agree to a dialog that my brain immediately registered as suspicious What type of dialog can pop up on your Android screen after unlocking and install "malware"? What is "malware" here? It looks like they mean an app from the play store? The next day, I picked up my phone and when I launched Chrome, I immediately noticed it was displaying a spamm…

Something similar happened to me a few years back after I accidentally tapped an ad in Chrome (an ad delivered by Google no less). While I didn't get infected the site did start displaying system like prompts (my phone was also vibrating at this point and playing the same sound I get when there's a natural disaster) saying my device was infected and that I should tap OK to download an apk.

I did several things after this:

- Reported the ad to Google (no followup from their side - naturally).

- Removed Chrome.

- Installed Firefox and uBlock Origin.

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by OJFord »

pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

The camera app is actually not one thing, even on Android One, it depends on hardware support. The Pixel one doesn't work on my Nokia for example.

My last few Android phones have had QR reading built in to the camera though, just not current Nokia. It might even be my biggest annoyance with it...

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by forty »

samoa42 wrote: post #35
TheChaplain wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For CalDav/CardDav there's DAVx⁵. It's on Play if you want to support the developer, or F-Droid if you don't. There is also ICSx⁵ from the same developer, works against outlook.com. I paid for both, they work great.

so there are a ton of different apps for which you can pay to get a feature that ios has builtin. great

Note that the apps they mentioned are available for free

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by notretarded »

prof18 wrote: post #13
pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

QR Reader are load of everything. I went mad to find one a decent one for my parents’ android phone and apparently it doesn’t exists. So in a weekend I’ve created one without any kind of tracking, ads, permission, whatever. Here it is if you guys need one -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prof18.sec...

Update it to include ads once you have the majority market share and cash out

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by lathiat »

pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

I read somewhere the native camera app also does but many including Samsung have their own app instead. Cannot vouch for that.

On the flip side there are QR apps in the top 100 App Store apps because the built-in support in camera is not really obvious unless someone tells you.

Re: Malware on My Android Phone

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Post by slezyr »

prof18 wrote: post #13
pw6hv wrote: post #3

A QR code reader was the problem then... I am an Android user since the dawn of time and I was so surprised when my wife showed me that on her iPhone the QR code reader is embedded in her camera app... I wonder why it is not the same in any version of Android that I have used (now I am on Android One). This plus the native support for CardDav and CalDav are pushing me to try iOS next time I have to change my phone.

QR Reader are load of everything. I went mad to find one a decent one for my parents’ android phone and apparently it doesn’t exists. So in a weekend I’ve created one without any kind of tracking, ads, permission, whatever. Here it is if you guys need one -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prof18.sec...

Or anything from FDroid. I use Barcode Scanner (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.google.zxing.client.andr...) as it scans even damaged codes.
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