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New comment by xzxz in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

xzxz — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:07:52 +0000

Financial apps like banking ones sometimes refuse to work on rooted phones and you have to follow if you want to run them.

I just have no time and knowledge to build ROM myself. 100% open projects also suffer supply chain attacks.

New comment by xzxz in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

xzxz — Tue, 26 May 2026 09:06:13 +0000

I have exactly the same feelings.

New comment by xzxz in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

xzxz — Tue, 26 May 2026 09:04:03 +0000

I tried to disable some of them but then, (not even) after OS update (sometimes after reboot) I noticed that they are active again.

New comment by xzxz in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

xzxz — Tue, 26 May 2026 09:01:16 +0000

In the past I often tend to replace stock Android with LineageOS but in today's world with so many attack vectors like for example malware in supply chains etc. I choose to stay with stock OS. I also have my bank apps and lot of my clients data/credentials stored on my accounts.

New comment by xzxz in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

xzxz — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:56:06 +0000

This is exactly what I noticed and was disappointed about

New comment by xzxz in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

xzxz — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:28:56 +0000

I used to choose Motorola devices for a long time but since 2 years when I bought Edge 30 Fusion I started to notice they automatically (without my knowledge) add 3 stupid apps or games about two times a month :/ There is no way to stop it. My kids phones are stuffed with this sh*t.

New comment by xzxz in "Dank Mono – the rather special coding font"

xzxz — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:32:55 +0000

This looks shady to me https://www.virustotal.com/en/domain/dank.sh/information/

New comment by xzxz in "Ask HN: Can you help me search this particular job listing website?"

xzxz — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 06:47:23 +0000

https://www.staticjobs.com/

New comment by xzxz in "Delphi Community Edition – Free Download"

xzxz — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:41:07 +0000

I used Delphi versions 2-7 many years ago when I was learning to code, some were free versions some were pirated ones. Then I moved to other web languages (PHP, JS, HTML, CSS) and then few years ago I discovered free Lazarus/FPC combo. It's stable and has single huge advantage - it runs flawlessly on Linux/OSX/Windows/FreeBSD and can compile binaries for other OSes and architectures even on ARM(Raspberry Pi). Lately I've found UniDAC database components by devart.com for Delphi/Lazarus and loved them instantly.

I also think Delphi Community version is too little, too late with such a good and cheap alternative.

I'm not affiliated with devart.com.