@@georgeerniej i just find the definition silly. One would think a big word like malware would exploit a weakness of the OS through normal user behaviour (like how a windows vulnerability could get you admin rights by opening 7zip ). But putting your credentials into a fake site is just silly. People get scammed for it all the time sure, but it's still kinda silly.
To be fair, hackers who steal people's Facebook login credentials are probably more privacy respecting than Facebook themselves, so it's funny to see this being considered a problem.
That's just stupid. Yeah, everyone knows how shitty Facebook is when it comes to your data. But a hacker like this can cause some damage. Some people are really gullible. Get into a kids account and message his granny asking her to send you some money. That's just one thing that can happen. The bigger your network on Facebook is, the more serious the damage can potentially be. The best counter to that is to not use Facebook or at the very least try to keep your network small and usage brief. But there's still a ton of people who overshare on there and have many contacts that can be exploioted by a hacker.
I really thought with a name like 'facestealer' it would be a complex malware that can steal and replicate the user's biometrics like fingerprints or faceID. I'm a bit let down that all it does is steal Facebook passwords
1:40 no, not really. I've been banned from Google Play for making malware. What have I made? A game that simulates a terminal and you pretend you are a hacker. They DO moderate the store, they just do an absolutely shitty job.
When I first saw this I thought it was going to be able facial recognition - a trojan that steals your face data used to log into a phone. That would be really interesting, I wonder what the implications of stealing someone's facial structure like that could be.
I had a plan like that in the past actually, almost created a github page for "tinder malware that create a button to take a photo from your match front camera" but then I realized it's hard and the legality issues is not something to look over
A lot of biometric logins like that do not use 2D. They use IR. Last year there was a new Windows 10 exploit that abuses the Windows Hello function with a USB stick that stores a heatmap facial photo pretending to be your webcam. So you can use a static image to trick the OS into logging in. But not with any old photo. Look up Windows Hello USB Facial Recognition Exploit.
I remember reading some shitpiece from google saying "You're more likely to get hit by an asteroid than download an infected app from the play store." HEY GOOGLE! WHERE THE FUCK IS MY GOD DAMN ASTEROID!?
For a short moment, I got spooked. Then when I heard "it's embedded in Play Store apps" I realized I was fine because I don't use the Play Store to get my applications.
I thought I "deleted" my Facebook account out of my own newfound self-respect but it's been searchable for 2 years. can't sign in, can't recover it since it says "this email doesn't exist", FB support doesn't exist, tried reporting it as someone impersonating me, hacked, etc. nothing has worked since 2020 when I thought I was making a good move in deleting my profile. I realize that Facebook logs your data and virtually nothing is ever really deleted, I just think it's dumb that I and anyone else can look myself up and see the one selfie I decided to post for my family and friends. Facebook is malware. Always has been. I'll just take this L
Seems as if some variant of this virus also is capable of generating an Auth key for itself, one of my friends had his account hacked with 2fa and had his reset credentials and a bunch of other shit changed as well smh
Depends on the place. I work in a steel mill on the IT team, and i can definitely say that while most of our equipment is not physically locked, our most critical equipment is physically secure. If you do something funny to the other unsecured servers, *we will see it.* We have plenty of cameras and logging on activity of where the team is going.
If you go to a place with old candy, avoid candy with peanuts. I learned from my dad that when he worked at a grocery store, there are bug eggs in the peanuts that can hatch if they are on the shelf for too long.
I like how in the end pretty much all your videos on privacy/security is just "Don't be an idiot" and it's gonna be ok. Love your content man keep it up.
Antivirus software on your phone is not useless. Especially when you might have a large immediate family like I do. Certain family members don't care about phone security so at the very least this helps them not to keep the bad apps on their phone. Then at least I get to have a conversation with them and show them how bad it is just to willy nilly install anything. Trying to get them to understand fdroid or any other app store is difficult. But it's a work on progress.
Hi Mental Outlaw, I unequivocally support you hating on Google moderation, and Google in general, like. Things are far from ideal, I agree there. That being said, can you comment on Play Protect effectiveness, to compilment your single mom analogy? 😄
The way these types of things happen is due to the security minded community makes up only about 1% of the users. Most people don't let their lives revolve around these types of things 24/7 and depend on the OS developers to prevent things like this which is why I tell a lot of non tech savvy people to move to IOS. Its the safer/easier OS. With that being said, nothing is perfect but IOS always seem to be on top of things compared to Android/google.
Thank god, I thought I had to be worried but it turns out an average level of competence is all you need to avoid this tragic infection of millions of people still stuck with a boomer interpretation of where and when to share your information.
Things I look out for When Installing an App: 1. Downloads: If the app doesn't have at least 2.5-5k Downloads that's an instant nono for me (Filters out all the new Apps) 2. Preview Screenshots: If the Preview Screenshots look skechty, that's an instant nono. 3. Reviews: How many reviews there are, How they Rated and what's their Review Description. Sometimes I even look at the first 15-20 Accounts that Reviewed to see if the Name or the Profile Picture looks bad. Also Look if the Developer actually answers to the Reviews and if, if its the same message every time or not (not that important just look if they even answered at all) And 4. The Whole Picture together: If the App looks mostly organic with a few thousand Downloads and decent Preview Picture's, i think you'll be fine.
Also look at where the App is from, by looking at the Developers contact location. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean the country of which the app is from or where the dev/company is at- ie) many apps such as TikTok having their developer location posted as Singapore when in fact it's from China. The Play Store doesn't disclose or offer a way to inform users where apps are from, so you in fact are given no guarantee or idea of clearly how your information will be dealt with the developers, really unfortunately.
I was surprised to hear that antivirus in general in pointless. You said it was a discussion for another time so please make a video about that because I’m very interested as to why you think that.
My cellphone company has deals like $250 for a $1000 phone to get customers to continue signing up for 2 year contracts, and any time people upgrade, they try very hard to get you to use the smart switch software as a "helpful service".
Never worked to the cell phone store but I'm pretty sure it's just so they don't help have to help a boomer when something's not exactly where they left it
Honestly the only app I've installed in the past two months was some NFC card reader to read data off some chips and the app was so old it told me that it might not work 😂 But it did work
Lucky for me I don't use Facebook and I don't really install apps anymore since the whole space has become little more than an ad and virus filled hellscape.
Man before I would say "don't use any electronics and you're safe!" but today even if you're living on a remote island there's probably some stupid teenagers using their drone to film you so no you can not be private lmao
@@renatosardinhalopes6073 even if I was in some small island, there is one off the coast north of here but it's cold and near the arctic...close to west siberia
as long as Google assume little to no liability for their users being affected by malware that slips under their radar, "buyers beware" is the paradigm to follow
I thought this was going to be about malware that attempts to capture the face, not a Facebook login stealer, but anyways great content. Keep up the good work!
This is not true, in F-Droid you don't have assurance about app content too. Plus worst about this shop is that doesn't have a monetization options. Developers need eat too. So without monetization shady business models will come.
So you have to have both Facebook AND a smartphone? Whew. Dodged 2 bullets. Never having had a FB account is not considered unusual any more, it certainly was like 5-7 years go, but I still get weird looks from people, questioning why I never bothered to upgrade my trusty old Nokia. Well, another reason never to get a smartphone, apart from the obvious: as a phone, too many features, as a work/entertainment device, too little features (if anybody wonders about my personal choice).
99% of Google Play store users have no clue, nor do they read the app permissions - period. When an APP needs to "Send emails and make connections without your permission"... Who would install such an APP? Well... 99% of the people out there would. In other words... these hackers and developers get away with it because they can. People are for the most part... brainless zombies that like to install and click on anything that looks "cute".
Damn I knew someone that paid for a subscription to some antivirus on their phone. It did nothing of use apart from delete duplicate content or slow down the phone when "scanning" which doesn't seem like that's what it's doing. I even tested by making a simple rat APK and pushed it to his device it wasn't detected 😂
Pity we can't uninstall all that bloatware that comes with Samsung phones and tablets. And Google need to spend a tiny fraction of their billions on app store due diligence. At least have a "verified" section of apps that have been checked and allow users to choose to only show those and hide all the others.
when nvidia update there nvidia experience i actually thought i downloaded a fishing app because i wasn't aware of the software being updated to need a email.
Became very wary of my camera after my shitty phone glitched to hell while I was uhh umm ya, and the fucker opened snapchat and took a picture of my sinep ("add to story" was literally one click away) Now I want the sliding lens cover back
@@NickelLight Be pretty useless as a phone if you did lol, there are actually some privacy linux phones that have miniature toggle switches under the cover for things like the microphone, camera and radios
Don't use any app store, Don't install apps. Develop your own apps, that's what the SDK is there for. And yes everybody dislikes Java. That's why you write Rust Unix kernel and OS and WM to avoid the Google app store.
5:33 .... antivirus on phones have, as experienced by family and friends, often arbitrarily said "Oh look, a VERY IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT that needs a password to open, I'm gonna WIPE it off your device for your own safety...."
God I wish I could clone an APK and embed malware in it then upload the app to the play store and have millions of people download it and create the biggest botnet in the history of the Internet
for the most part, he's right. unless you're visiting shady websites, or using an unsupported os, all you really need is whatever antivirus your device comes with, like android's lookout or windows defender
@@hatenayousei yeah right... seems like I really found some high level IT security experts here. have fun guys. PS : condoms are useless too ! and spare tires ! what about security belts ? nah you only need them in case of a collision, and i never had one. My mom neither ! real proof is here.
3:30 I get this, but at the same time it is nice to have utilities like a graphing calculator app on hand so I don't have to get robbed by texas instruments to do my very occasional math..... or something that converts landscape videos that saved as portrait back to the superior horizontal view. My point is: occasional utility apps are fine.... just vet every single app you install like you should be doing in the first place. App store =/= safe.
Good thing I don't have social media. Im more concerned with somebody stealing my email or bank app login. Don't really have anything else worth cracking into. And even then, if you broke into my bank account, I'm fucking broke so that's your problem now dude.
So-called security channel states anti-virus is pointless while simultaneously taking about antivirus going its job. These self-proclaimed experts are predictable af
Obama Free Cell Phones are embeded with trojan and a trojan dropper, being binded with the phone's settings. You can't format them because the system GUI is in Chinese.
So i'm not an paranoid idiot for having a Yubikey with fingerprint reader for Facebook as well. But funny is you can bypass the whole facebook log in by just pressing the "Yes i just logged in" button on the android Facebook app, and boom your in, if for some reason an evil code got on my phone, i bet it could mask or operate an auto confirm when someone else is trying to log into facebook from a pc. :-P
Any chance you could actually do that video talking about why anti-virus isn't necessary? I was given a Webroot membership as part of my Geek Squad service plan, and then that membership started including a complementary LastPass account, so I'd been relying on those (especially that last one) long before I ever even found out about privacy advocates like you or Techlore... ...or have you already made a video on anti-virus services? I first subscribed to you a long while ago, but I don't think I've seen all of your videos...
Google PlayStore is like these dreams when you turn on the PC and start searching for something and only see meaningless words and icons... and it's always malware.
Btw there exists "Google Pay protect" nowadays, that scans which apps you have installed and if the app is flagged as malicious from the play store the user will get a notification and next time when they try to open the app it asks if the user wants to uninstall this app, because it is malicious or to continue anyway. This makes the anti-virus apps more useless than they are already.
@@Machine585Hd thats the mobile equivalent of software companies paying antivirus companies to flag cracked versions of their software to scare people off
In the bowels of rickety ass corner stores there is gold to be found. A rare treat is a box of juicy fruits that has been on the shelf for over a year+. Oh what a delicacy hard and dried out like a fine raisin. The first time I had a fresh box I was decimated. I need myself a juicy fruit cellar.
I think the video about "this guy uploaded 2m videos" is linked to your channel in the algorithm. I click on the video and there's your comment...right after i watched one video of yours😂
Same with those fake minecraft apps they all steal the real ad and put it on yt but the name of the app is so random like "sun craft smart block" or some shit like that thats sketchy af
Man, just the feeling of relief when YOU DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK.
the malware is clearly targetted at karens
@@clementpoon120 Most Karens would be using Apple though
Yeah. Or Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter or anything except RUclips.
@@MoreEvilThanYahweh irrelevant
@@MoreEvilThanYahweh Apple is not a social media
Ah yes, "malware": putting your login credentials into a fake website.
Welp, gotta help my grandmother now.
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Well, malware is malicious software. Just it's being used to phish for login creds
@@georgeerniej i just find the definition silly. One would think a big word like malware would exploit a weakness of the OS through normal user behaviour (like how a windows vulnerability could get you admin rights by opening 7zip ). But putting your credentials into a fake site is just silly. People get scammed for it all the time sure, but it's still kinda silly.
To be fair, hackers who steal people's Facebook login credentials are probably more privacy respecting than Facebook themselves, so it's funny to see this being considered a problem.
That's just stupid. Yeah, everyone knows how shitty Facebook is when it comes to your data. But a hacker like this can cause some damage. Some people are really gullible. Get into a kids account and message his granny asking her to send you some money. That's just one thing that can happen. The bigger your network on Facebook is, the more serious the damage can potentially be.
The best counter to that is to not use Facebook or at the very least try to keep your network small and usage brief. But there's still a ton of people who overshare on there and have many contacts that can be exploioted by a hacker.
@@Cavi587 good thing I hardly networked for the last 5 years
This would be funny if it were phrased as a joke, but I am concerned that you might genuinely believe this.
Good one.
That's a bit contradictory
I really thought with a name like 'facestealer' it would be a complex malware that can steal and replicate the user's biometrics like fingerprints or faceID.
I'm a bit let down that all it does is steal Facebook passwords
Gotta say, I love your username. 😁
Same, what a bummer.
Yeah I was worried for a split second haha.
Same thing. I actually saw the name of the video and got glad I put those little plastic sliders above all my devices cameras last month.
-laughs in fake Facebook account-
1:40 no, not really. I've been banned from Google Play for making malware. What have I made? A game that simulates a terminal and you pretend you are a hacker. They DO moderate the store, they just do an absolutely shitty job.
Ooh, could I play it?
.........................................
bruh
What's it called?
bruh.
BRUH....
Lmao
Holy shit. What was the game called?
When I first saw this I thought it was going to be able facial recognition - a trojan that steals your face data used to log into a phone. That would be really interesting, I wonder what the implications of stealing someone's facial structure like that could be.
You could make masks, Then you could start robbing banks instead of bank accounts
I had a plan like that in the past actually, almost created a github page for "tinder malware that create a button to take a photo from your match front camera" but then I realized it's hard and the legality issues is not something to look over
There's a malware app like that, it's called Facebook
A lot of biometric logins like that do not use 2D. They use IR.
Last year there was a new Windows 10 exploit that abuses the Windows Hello function with a USB stick that stores a heatmap facial photo pretending to be your webcam. So you can use a static image to trick the OS into logging in. But not with any old photo.
Look up Windows Hello USB Facial Recognition Exploit.
@@graog123 thank god I'm a linux user with nothing more then a headset, mouse and keyboard
I remember reading some shitpiece from google saying "You're more likely to get hit by an asteroid than download an infected app from the play store."
HEY GOOGLE! WHERE THE FUCK IS MY GOD DAMN ASTEROID!?
🤣
then i must be pretty lucky
The way the world is going, it's probably on its way.
hello darkness my old friend
didn't some cunt at apple say that?
For a short moment, I got spooked. Then when I heard "it's embedded in Play Store apps" I realized I was fine because I don't use the Play Store to get my applications.
What do you use then
Luís C literally anything else lmao
@@LuisC7 I hope they don't use thoseapk websites.
@@supermasterfighter websites?
You can get apks online.
I thought I "deleted" my Facebook account out of my own newfound self-respect but it's been searchable for 2 years. can't sign in, can't recover it since it says "this email doesn't exist", FB support doesn't exist, tried reporting it as someone impersonating me, hacked, etc. nothing has worked since 2020 when I thought I was making a good move in deleting my profile. I realize that Facebook logs your data and virtually nothing is ever really deleted, I just think it's dumb that I and anyone else can look myself up and see the one selfie I decided to post for my family and friends. Facebook is malware. Always has been.
I'll just take this L
The only way to get Facebook to stop gobbling up all your data is to get banned. They start consuming your data before you have an account.
Its all social media. I deleted twitter a few years ago. And all it deleted was the tweets and it still f*cking lets me log in
Anyone else's RUclips app Notifications look smaller? Or different?
EDIT: they are normal again for some reason, wtf happened? A glitch?
Yep
Yea
yea
i didnt install an update or anything
Yep. Since today.
Yes, uk
Facebook has an option for 2FA. Not that someone who'd fall for this would use it, but still
Seems as if some variant of this virus also is capable of generating an Auth key for itself, one of my friends had his account hacked with 2fa and had his reset credentials and a bunch of other shit changed as well smh
Why is it so common for IT guys to leave their physical computer stuff like servers unlocked?
maybe too focused on the software side
Who the fuck gonna break into my house know how to use linux and know where to look to find my 5 petabites of cheese pizza
Remember when Facebook decided to rely on the Facebook server for login credentials to get to the Facebook server?
Depends on the place.
I work in a steel mill on the IT team, and i can definitely say that while most of our equipment is not physically locked, our most critical equipment is physically secure.
If you do something funny to the other unsecured servers, *we will see it.*
We have plenty of cameras and logging on activity of where the team is going.
Why bother locking it when I can get in with a CH751?
If you go to a place with old candy, avoid candy with peanuts. I learned from my dad that when he worked at a grocery store, there are bug eggs in the peanuts that can hatch if they are on the shelf for too long.
thanks, idk when I'll go to a candy shop but ok.
@@comradesusiwolf1599 I'll take you to the candy shop
@@Thomahawk1234 (´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`)
(๑•﹏•) RLY?!?!
CAN I PLAY METAL GEAR OST??
Better digest them before they hatch then
Would've said this was helpful info but I'm allergic to peanuts anyway sooooo
You remember when phones were just...phones? As in exclusively telephones?
Can we bring that back?
they still sell dumb phones
How about we just bring back payphones, they're great for anonymous calls and phreaking.
Back in the day i hoped we would just have pocket computers that where not phones.
@@MentalOutlaw what about going to japan where some people still use the real cellphone phone
you're the one who bought a smartphone over a normal one...
I like how in the end pretty much all your videos on privacy/security is just "Don't be an idiot" and it's gonna be ok. Love your content man keep it up.
Antivirus software on your phone is not useless. Especially when you might have a large immediate family like I do. Certain family members don't care about phone security so at the very least this helps them not to keep the bad apps on their phone. Then at least I get to have a conversation with them and show them how bad it is just to willy nilly install anything.
Trying to get them to understand fdroid or any other app store is difficult. But it's a work on progress.
*bows* You are the true hero of our society.
Yup Mental Outlaw, sometimes I too wish I was a anime girl.
+1
wtf
rt
Hi Mental Outlaw, I unequivocally support you hating on Google moderation, and Google in general, like. Things are far from ideal, I agree there.
That being said, can you comment on Play Protect effectiveness, to compilment your single mom analogy? 😄
No Facebook, no problem 😁
Mental Outlaw! Please make a video on antivirus apps and, perhaps, a commentary on the antivirus industry in general! 🧡
The way these types of things happen is due to the security minded community makes up only about 1% of the users. Most people don't let their lives revolve around these types of things 24/7 and depend on the OS developers to prevent things like this which is why I tell a lot of non tech savvy people to move to IOS. Its the safer/easier OS. With that being said, nothing is perfect but IOS always seem to be on top of things compared to Android/google.
One of my favorite episodes of Avatar
Shit got real in this episode.
Im rewatching it right now lol
It was creepy as hell
doesn't matter when all phones already are infected by malware at the SoC
Please explain
I dont understand, whats a SoC?
Yeah please elaborate, I know Intel Management Engine and AMD's PSP, hut it's the first time I'm hearing it for phones.
boi, the rabbit hole goes only deeper if you find out about modem firmware for e.g. 2G/LTE and SIM Cards
I guess it is time we make our own RISC-V chips then ....
Imagine having money to steal, a social media account to steal, or an identity worth stealing.
Please take mine. 🙏
Thank god, I thought I had to be worried but it turns out an average level of competence is all you need to avoid this tragic infection of millions of people still stuck with a boomer interpretation of where and when to share your information.
Be smart, delete your facebook today.
Did years ago.
Boy your Thumbnails are amazing ❤️❤️
Things I look out for When Installing an App:
1. Downloads: If the app doesn't have at least 2.5-5k Downloads that's an instant nono for me (Filters out all the new Apps)
2. Preview Screenshots: If the Preview Screenshots look skechty, that's an instant nono.
3. Reviews: How many reviews there are, How they Rated and what's their Review Description. Sometimes I even look at the first 15-20 Accounts that Reviewed to see if the Name or the Profile Picture looks bad. Also Look if the Developer actually answers to the Reviews and if, if its the same message every time or not (not that important just look if they even answered at all)
And 4. The Whole Picture together: If the App looks mostly organic with a few thousand Downloads and decent Preview Picture's, i think you'll be fine.
My big nono is having to deal with ads and suspicious permissions...
@@lukdb yeah, that too but that's after installing the app
Also look at where the App is from, by looking at the Developers contact location. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean the country of which the app is from or where the dev/company is at- ie) many apps such as TikTok having their developer location posted as Singapore when in fact it's from China. The Play Store doesn't disclose or offer a way to inform users where apps are from, so you in fact are given no guarantee or idea of clearly how your information will be dealt with the developers, really unfortunately.
The reviews are usually just walls of Indian nonsense even on mainstream apps.
@@lukdb If the apps are offline apps just block internet permission.
Is there no financial incentive for google to prevent malicious apps from being placed on their platform?
I'm guessing you haven't read the terms of service for the play store.
@@vxicepickxv Who ever has?
I'd like to see a good "antivirus is pointless" video so I can link it to people whenever I tell them.
Thank you!
Instant like for ATLA on a preview
great show
Epic show
awesome show
I was surprised to hear that antivirus in general in pointless. You said it was a discussion for another time so please make a video about that because I’m very interested as to why you think that.
My cellphone company has deals like $250 for a $1000 phone to get customers to continue signing up for 2 year contracts, and any time people upgrade, they try very hard to get you to use the smart switch software as a "helpful service".
Never worked to the cell phone store but I'm pretty sure it's just so they don't help have to help a boomer when something's not exactly where they left it
It's actually fairly decent cloning software that does a decent job at cloning everything that isn't the OS itself.
Thanks for reminding me to do some cleaning on my phone
Honestly the only app I've installed in the past two months was some NFC card reader to read data off some chips and the app was so old it told me that it might not work 😂
But it did work
I doubt that someone who's actually following your channel installed that creepy photo up, but it was interesting anyways
Can't steal your FB account if you don't have any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Had a bad experience on Lineage OS for Poco F1 and not really ready to go back to it. Is there any custom ROM you can suggest?
Search your phone name on telegram and ask in that group. Poco F1 has very good custom rom support.
Lucky for me I don't use Facebook and I don't really install apps anymore since the whole space has become little more than an ad and virus filled hellscape.
5 millions times? Probably coming from that Evony King's game...
Always gotta stay secure....is there really privacy when it comes broadband and online, are we really private?
Man before I would say "don't use any electronics and you're safe!" but today even if you're living on a remote island there's probably some stupid teenagers using their drone to film you so no you can not be private lmao
@@renatosardinhalopes6073 even if I was in some small island, there is one off the coast north of here but it's cold and near the arctic...close to west siberia
Privacy is dead lol
as long as Google assume little to no liability for their users being affected by malware that slips under their radar, "buyers beware" is the paradigm to follow
"I'm gonna go install you, and you, and you!" - Mental Outlaw 2022
You say there is no moderation on google play, while my app update gets rejected for 5th time on gp :(
I should've known this was a f-droid ad
I thought this was going to be about malware that attempts to capture the face, not a Facebook login stealer, but anyways great content. Keep up the good work!
This is not true, in F-Droid you don't have assurance about app content too. Plus worst about this shop is that doesn't have a monetization options. Developers need eat too. So without monetization shady business models will come.
Tf would are you talking about💀
When i was a wee lad i accidentally installed adware on my phone and malwarebytes mobile saved me
Oh no, a malware from google play is back yet again *slowly glanced over my ungoogled phone and fdroid app*
So you have to have both Facebook AND a smartphone? Whew. Dodged 2 bullets. Never having had a FB account is not considered unusual any more, it certainly was like 5-7 years go, but I still get weird looks from people, questioning why I never bothered to upgrade my trusty old Nokia. Well, another reason never to get a smartphone, apart from the obvious: as a phone, too many features, as a work/entertainment device, too little features (if anybody wonders about my personal choice).
Facebook is only useful now in countries where messenger is still popular. But even then you don't need Facebook to use messenger
99% of Google Play store users have no clue, nor do they read the app permissions - period. When an APP needs to "Send emails and make connections without your permission"... Who would install such an APP? Well... 99% of the people out there would. In other words... these hackers and developers get away with it because they can. People are for the most part... brainless zombies that like to install and click on anything that looks "cute".
based Kenny for making an avatar reference
Degoogled android is the way.
And obviously DEZUCKED :D
Hopefully my Qibla locator app hasn't been compromised
InshAllah brother
Damn I knew someone that paid for a subscription to some antivirus on their phone. It did nothing of use apart from delete duplicate content or slow down the phone when "scanning" which doesn't seem like that's what it's doing. I even tested by making a simple rat APK and pushed it to his device it wasn't detected 😂
Pity we can't uninstall all that bloatware that comes with Samsung phones and tablets. And Google need to spend a tiny fraction of their billions on app store due diligence. At least have a "verified" section of apps that have been checked and allow users to choose to only show those and hide all the others.
>app steals facebook credentials
Oh no!
Anyways
Stupid uninstallable Facebook app, taking up space on my phone
adb-tools then?
when nvidia update there nvidia experience i actually thought i downloaded a fishing app because i wasn't aware of the software being updated to need a email.
Hell no
Well, it's a good thing i've been covering my camera with duct tape for the past 3 years 😂
I'm actually serious, paranoia pays off.
This malware doesn't give a damn if you cover up your camera.
Became very wary of my camera after my shitty phone glitched to hell while I was uhh umm ya, and the fucker opened snapchat and took a picture of my sinep ("add to story" was literally one click away)
Now I want the sliding lens cover back
To bad we can't duct tape microphones 💀
@@NickelLight Be pretty useless as a phone if you did lol, there are actually some privacy linux phones that have miniature toggle switches under the cover for things like the microphone, camera and radios
@@archygrey9093 heh, but are they actually supported by the major carriers though
The best anti-virus cannot protect you from yourself.
I'm glad I don't use the Google play store. Well, I don't use Facebook either, but I expect most Android malware targets the Google play store.
VPN is not useless. I use it to unban my self on shitty games.
nah mate im keeping twerk run 3d online free minecraft
Ha! People still have a facebook..
Don't use any app store, Don't install apps. Develop your own apps, that's what the SDK is there for. And yes everybody dislikes Java. That's why you write Rust Unix kernel and OS and WM to avoid the Google app store.
lol
Java is Oracle so ugh
write your own kernel 😎
Could you do a '20 must have free programs' video?
if its open source and suits your need you should have it :)
5:33 .... antivirus on phones have, as experienced by family and friends, often arbitrarily said "Oh look, a VERY IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT that needs a password to open, I'm gonna WIPE it off your device for your own safety...."
Im sorry if that happened to you
God I wish I could clone an APK and embed malware in it then upload the app to the play store and have millions of people download it and create the biggest botnet in the history of the Internet
Luckily, I don't have a face.
THE best comment by far! :-)
got out of here when he said that antivirus on phones (or in any PC) are kinda pointless.
for the most part, he's right. unless you're visiting shady websites, or using an unsupported os, all you really need is whatever antivirus your device comes with, like android's lookout or windows defender
@@hatenayousei yeah right... seems like I really found some high level IT security experts here. have fun guys. PS : condoms are useless too ! and spare tires ! what about security belts ? nah you only need them in case of a collision, and i never had one. My mom neither ! real proof is here.
3:30 I get this, but at the same time it is nice to have utilities like a graphing calculator app on hand so I don't have to get robbed by texas instruments to do my very occasional math..... or something that converts landscape videos that saved as portrait back to the superior horizontal view.
My point is: occasional utility apps are fine.... just vet every single app you install like you should be doing in the first place. App store =/= safe.
Unrelated to the topic of this video, but have you seen the new Linux v-tuber girl? Her name is Asahi Lina. Maybe you could make a video on her?
I'm glad I don't use facebook. also imagine having enough space to forget what apps you have, couldn't be me
Good thing I don't have social media. Im more concerned with somebody stealing my email or bank app login.
Don't really have anything else worth cracking into.
And even then, if you broke into my bank account, I'm fucking broke so that's your problem now dude.
I use Nord VPN for torrents even on Mobile. And using Open Camera. Also love Accubattery etc. I use too many apps. This makes me nervous.
So-called security channel states anti-virus is pointless while simultaneously taking about antivirus going its job. These self-proclaimed experts are predictable af
Obama Free Cell Phones are embeded with trojan and a trojan dropper, being binded with the phone's settings. You can't format them because the system GUI is in Chinese.
So i'm not an paranoid idiot for having a Yubikey with fingerprint reader for Facebook as well.
But funny is you can bypass the whole facebook log in by just pressing the "Yes i just logged in" button on the android Facebook app, and boom your in,
if for some reason an evil code got on my phone, i bet it could mask or operate an auto confirm when someone else is trying to log into facebook from a pc. :-P
So what do they want the facebook credentials for?
So they can recommend to your friends and family to buy their shitcoins.
I have never understood installing random apps for fun
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Google play protect is a thing. It removes flagged apps from your phone automatically. And is automatically turned on, on almost all phones.
Where do I find this "afteroid"? Google and Bing send me to wikipedia articles about asteroids...
Any chance you could actually do that video talking about why anti-virus isn't necessary? I was given a Webroot membership as part of my Geek Squad service plan, and then that membership started including a complementary LastPass account, so I'd been relying on those (especially that last one) long before I ever even found out about privacy advocates like you or Techlore...
...or have you already made a video on anti-virus services? I first subscribed to you a long while ago, but I don't think I've seen all of your videos...
I would not call them unnecessary but they're just nice for those who dont know much about the internet
Google PlayStore is like these dreams when you turn on the PC and start searching for something and only see meaningless words and icons... and it's always malware.
you're right, google is a bigger dirtbag outfit than the hackers. all play worries about is my devices being rooted.
1:30 "single mom getting drunk in bars at night"
super rightwing, "poors have no-one to blame but themselves trope"
downvote
Me, who recently deleted his facebook acc: signature look of superiority
Btw there exists "Google Pay protect" nowadays, that scans which apps you have installed and if the app is flagged as malicious from the play store the user will get a notification and next time when they try to open the app it asks if the user wants to uninstall this app, because it is malicious or to continue anyway.
This makes the anti-virus apps more useless than they are already.
keep getting notified of youtube vanced being a malicious app :D
@@Machine585Hd hmm. I don't.
Maybe that's because I didn't updated to the newest RUclips Vanced version before it was shut down.
@@Machine585Hd thats the mobile equivalent of software companies paying antivirus companies to flag cracked versions of their software to scare people off
@@BeamDeam maybe that's the case...
In the bowels of rickety ass corner stores there is gold to be found. A rare treat is a box of juicy fruits that has been on the shelf for over a year+. Oh what a delicacy hard and dried out like a fine raisin. The first time I had a fresh box I was decimated. I need myself a juicy fruit cellar.
first for the first time!!!!
wrong. i’m first
@@spurdosparde8197 nope i am
@@Gh0_-st sort the comments by new and scroll down. i’m first
@@spurdosparde8197 bro it's literally half a minute thats all 😂😂
@@Gh0_-st i’m still first
Damn they really know their target
People who barely have any idea about computers or security
I don't have antivirus on my phone, but I don't know why it's useless. Why is it useless?
4:04 I'm pretty sure Samsung is THE biggest manufacturer of phones worldwide, just not in America.
Hahahaha Google is like the single mom, well said sir hahahaha... But apple is like the snake in the garden of Eden 🤣
Apple still sucks and FB also and also the regular app or itunes store... Bunch of noob crap apps
haha imagine having an internet connection on your android phone haha OR a facebook account couldnt be me oof lol haha omg how wtf
I think the video about "this guy uploaded 2m videos" is linked to your channel in the algorithm. I click on the video and there's your comment...right after i watched one video of yours😂
is that a kpop pfp?
Same with those fake minecraft apps they all steal the real ad and put it on yt but the name of the app is so random like "sun craft smart block" or some shit like that thats sketchy af