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  • steventhedevtoAndroidHow does Play Protect exactly work?
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    1 month ago

    Source: worked on something similar a long time ago

    Likely hash based scanning like most virus scanners. It will have a set of signatures for various types of malware (keyloggers, local DNS servers, etc), and looks through the apk (which is just a zip file) for things it knows are bad like financial malware added to the app.

    Their process for adding signatures to their database and how they label them is fully opaque and completely up to them, like any other antivirus company. So they could incorrectly label things intentionally and you’d have no way to know.

    given your device is now compromised you should probably get a new one unless you trust android is able to fully remove the app. Because some financial malware will intercept 2fa sms from your bank.




  • steventhedevtoNonCredibleDefenseyes, again.
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    2 months ago

    At this point, I’m half convinced these are intentional leaks as part of either disinformation campaigns, cover stories for other intelligence ops, or something like that.

    It can’t possibly be that expecting a bunch of obsessed 19 year olds to keep something secret would be unreasonable.










  • steventhedevtoComic Strips*Permanently Deleted*
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    5 months ago

    The amount of ink that comes with an inkjet printer is tiny. So a new printer comes with 10mL of ink, and the refills are 35mL or more. You quite literally get what you pay for.

    The other reason is that inkjet printers need to be used on a regular basis, or the ink can dry out. But manufacturers have handled this by having the printer drip out tiny bits of ink all the time, so it’s literally using the ink even when you aren’t using it.

    For the vast majority of people, a cheap laser printer is the far better option. Unless you want to produce art prints, but at that point you’re looking at spending a ton of money anyways.



  • I get very far by just keeping a set of folders for each piece of equipment in a git repo.

    Pictures, etc, and sometimes the PDF manual if I bother.

    The difficult part here is being consistent over time - making sure you mark down when you bought things, serial numbers, etc. a proper website/app will force you to do this, but there is flexibility in having whatever convention you like most