Google appears to have quietly rolled out a feature to the Play Store that allows users to remotely uninstall apps from other devices.
A boon to stalkers everywhere
Care to elaborate ??? I don’t see it, helping stalkers.
Sure, a stalker installed a tracking or monitoring app on your phone, and later they remove it silently after they have what they want, making it harder for victims to know they were being monitored
That stalker had to have access to your google account to do so, you are utterly fucked if that’s the case by that point. Like, why would they need to install a tracking app, when the google findmyphone feature just gives them the info. Anything that the phone stores that isn’t recorded by google pales in comparison to what they have access to with your account.
That’s like saying that you are saving money by buying a kilo of salt that lasts a year, 50 cents cheaper. Yeah you technically saved money but it’s so irrelevant in the grand scheme of things that you shouldn’t even consider it.
Also, Android shows a notification when you install an app remotely. So you’d instantly know something’s up anyway.
is this so app makers can delete their apps on my phone when they go under or get pulled or decide to rob everyone?
I don’t think you even read the summary in the OP that describes exactly what this feature does. This is a feature for users for their owned devices. You can remotely install apps already. Now you can do the opposite.
Reading is a long awaited feature for most Lemmy users.
man you ain’t kiddin