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Well, it (and the other “tests”) always fails for literally any app I try to install, purely because I am installing from a third-party app store rather than the Vivo one (and presumably Google Play, but I don’t have a Google account to try that)
This is for every newly installed or updated app, even for things like a basic clock app with no network permissions. I have added in an additional comment the “scans” that the phone does
But no, I’m not downloading anything I shouldn’t as an under 18. Just standard mobile apps and games from F-Droid and sometimes Obtainium too.
pop-up whenever a new app is installed or updated
Right before this it does fake “scans” for malware and child protection stuff that appear to do nothing
The “scans” that appear whenever I try to install or update an app: (in this example, an innocuous compass app from F-Droid)
… How do you know the child protection scan does nothing?
Well, it (and the other “tests”) always fails for literally any app I try to install, purely because I am installing from a third-party app store rather than the Vivo one (and presumably Google Play, but I don’t have a Google account to try that)
This is for every newly installed or updated app, even for things like a basic clock app with no network permissions. I have added in an additional comment the “scans” that the phone does
But no, I’m not downloading anything I shouldn’t as an under 18. Just standard mobile apps and games from F-Droid and sometimes Obtainium too.