• seven_phone@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    ‘Advanced Protection also prevents you from disabling … Google Play Protect’, I feel safer already.

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    6 days ago

    and since Advanced Protection blocks unknown apps, you won’t be able to side-load

    Ah, there it is. It’s a good decision while they’re being repeatedly investigated for being anti-competitive.

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    Most features here let Google scan and evaluate what you do on the web, messages, and apps.

    They say it helps security, but of course it assures those features are on letting them suck in more data about the person.

    A company like Google doesn’t do something out of the kindness of their hearts, they do it for profit