My preparations for the WeChat ban...

BMEWS

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Yes its possible.

Let me give you example, in the past Msft pushed out Windows update that deleted certain software from users machines without consent nor notification, for example the CCleaner incident
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All Google has to do is miscategorize it as malware or security risk and then it will automatically delete it if it finds it again on your device.
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Its all politics, if the US gov wants Google to label WeChat as a malware then it will, then it gets deleted on discovery by the Play Protect that is always on by default.
 
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siegecrossbow

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Staff member
Super Moderator
Is this actually possible? How exactly would Google Play do this? Any other SDF members care to comment?

I assume each application comes with an APP if that could be picked up by the operating system before it runs. Just prevent apps on the blacklist from running?
 

daifo

Major
Registered Member
If ban, could'nt you just download wechat from the offical site and use vpn to get around any network restrictions?
 

solarz

Brigadier
Yes its possible.

Let me give you example, in the past Msft pushed out Windows update that deleted certain software from users machines without consent nor notification, for example the CCleaner incident
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

All Google has to do is miscategorize it as malware or security risk and then it will automatically delete it if it finds it again on your device.
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Its all politics, if the US gov wants Google to label WeChat as a malware then it will, then it gets deleted on discovery by the Play Protect that is always on by default.

Just use Huawei.
 

vincent

Grumpy Old Man
Staff member
Moderator - World Affairs
For VPN, the best is the one you set up yourself. Just rent a cheap virtual machine (with a prepaid credit card purchased with cash for the extreme paranoid) and install OpenVPN on it. The process is not complicated
 
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