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Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers (cybernews.com)
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[–] 36 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Love the fact the article links directly to the solution. Thank you for this!

This event prompted the development of an empty app: a placeholder with the same name and a massively inflated version number, SafetyCore v2000000000. Users sideload it, so the Google Play Store can’t overwrite the app with the real SafetyCore.

Just make sure to read the GitHub page first as proper uninstallation of the original is essential.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    But the title says it can't be removed?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    The article adds more details by explaining the app keeps getting silently reinstalled

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    How would it be reinstalled if you can't uninstall it in the first place?

    To me "can't remove" implies it cannot be uninstalled at all.

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