Noah Raketic

@modem_down@thebrainbin.org @fdroid What do you think a normal user is going to think when they read that their phone is being infected with malware? Do you think that they're going to read the rest of an article and understand the rhetoric? No, what happens is they read that, and then immediately begin panicking and trying to figure out what to do. I had 3 people I know contact me about this, asking what they are supposed to do, and every time I had to tell them that it's a lie. It's just a harmful attempt to try to get people's attention, from a movement that is rightfully losing people's interest. Marcprux's argument basically sums up to, "Google didn't copy-paste the definition of 'Malware' for us in their terms of service, therefore the term doesn't have any meaning." It's not a trojan horse or malware by any normal understanding of the word, it is an anti-feature which users can simply opt out of if they want to.

@modem_down@thebrainbin.org @fdroid F-Droid in a recent blog post is fearmongering by calling an upcoming Android anti-feature "trojan horse... malware". I also disagree with what Google is doing, but claiming that users' phones are "infected" with a "virus" when they aren't is extremely harmful.

@annichilare@mastodon.social @fdroid F-Droid is fearmongering by calling an upcoming Android anti-feature "trojan horse... malware". I also disagree with what Google is doing, but claiming that users' phones are "infected" with a "virus" when they aren't is extremely harmful.

@Kurt@chaos.social Both of those are examples from the same person, and though I'll admit it can be a bit excessive, in neither one did they assert that "privacy is security".

@fdroid You guys can't get people's attention about Keep Android Open by explaining the reality of the situation at hand, but why do you have to start lying? It doesn't help anyone.

@Kurt@chaos.social @schnur@mementomori.social I don't know who in the GrapheneOS community you're hearing that "privacy is security" from. I've certainly never heard that.