This is yet another reason why we must own our devices, from the ground up.

I encountered this on a cheap android tv box off Amazon. Found weird apks and after some digging found it emulated a pixel phone and performed fraudulent ad impressions using my home internet after I turned off my TV.

Returned it and reported to Amazon. The listing was gone in a day and reposted the next. 🤷‍♂️

[...] and may be hidden in different system packages depending on the model. It is already on the phone before the owner turns it on for the first time and cannot be removed.

How can I scan the phone for this? Especially the models they claim come pre installed to its firmware with it?

this has been a thing since forever tho. luckily(?) those devices also tend to have easy low level flashing and rooting methods

Does good old Canta still work against these?

Is this included in HAD already?