The hidden app was inactive by default.
According to iVerify’s report, the software was developed by a company called Smith Micro Software and appears to have been created for Verizon for in-store demos.
Saved you a click. If you don’t use Verizon, you don’t have to worry.
Incorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.
If it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you’d still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware
I didn’t read that in the article, but I could have missed it. Did it say it was all pixels, or just the ones slated for Verizon?
I saw GrapheneOS is saying that it is not quite the threat as they this article suggests.
