Huawei phones are currently claiming that the Google app is a virus, sending SMS messages without user knowledge.
    • Jolteon@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think anybody is saying that it’s not. I think the people are saying that it’s kind of funny that it’s Huawei being hypocritical enough to even mention the word virus.

    • IzzyData@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      By the traditional definition they are kind of wrong. I don’t agree at all with Googles relentless data harvesting and ads, but the software isn’t going to make copies to hide itself on your phone and make it difficult to remove. You would be able to uninstall it like any other app without it leaving anything behind.

      So it is more like adware than a virus.

        • IzzyData@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          What about on a Huawei phone? If it wasn’t there to begin with and had to be installed I’d expect it could also be uninstalled. I don’t have a Huawei phone to test it out.

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Once Google Services are installed, it takes reflashing to remove them, because they install to system.