I was hoping it would raise the alarm regarding Google and Apple's overreaching, always-on data collection practices. 99% of people don't need to worry about an attacker gaining physical access to their unlocked device and installing an application. We as a society do need to worry about tech giants amassing enough data on us to gain an insurmountable AI-training-data advantage which makes them too useful as tools of the state to be regulated by said state.
The irony of pointing out how to spot a "spyware" app disguised as a WiFi icon when the dozen Big G apps pictured alongside are collecting the same data...
The irony of pointing out how to spot a "spyware" app disguised as a WiFi icon when the dozen Big G apps pictured alongside are collecting the same data...