• Arghblarg
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    1 year ago

    Perhaps I just did something stupid, but I just found Bing and anothernMS app in my Android phone’s app list… never explicitly installed those. I do have Authenticator, though (for work). Has MS stooped to piggybacking their crap from others silently now?

    • sugartits@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Apps cannot install other apps without your permission.

      You probably just have a shit phone with loads of shovelware on it.

      • Arghblarg
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        1 year ago

        LineageOS? plus Magisk (yes I have rooted it, so perhaps that allowed an opening somwhere). I will have to watch to see if anything re-appears I suppose.

    • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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      1 year ago

      Uninstall authenticator and use an open source app. There’s nothing special about ms dfa tokens that require you to use it. I’m using andOTP for all my dfa tokens

    • King4408@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Since i installed outlook a “search with bing” option appeared in my long-press menu. So yes, it is possible.