Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled
I bought my wife’s uncle a cheap Android phone after his old flip phone broke. At the time he needed to use Uber for his work commute, so a smartphone was in order. I helped him set up a google account, downloaded some important apps and showed him how to use them.<p>Fast forward 2 weeks and he’s complaining the battery only lasts a couple hours.<p>The Lock Screen was littered with gambling ads, there were all kinds of apps installed, and the phone was basically unusable.<p>He claimed to have no idea how it happened. I assumed he was just clicking on any/every pop up. Maybe he really downloaded 1 bad app which then self installed the rest of this crap?<p>Anyway, I went back to the store and bought him an iPhone SE. That was years ago now and haven’t heard a single complaint since.<p>I think android phones aren’t for the tech illiterate. It’s way too easy to screw them up.