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		curt15 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unv... > As far as I could tell, they did it by convincing her to install some android app on her phone and then grant that app accessibility permissions. Did she make it through the non-google play app install flow?

josephg 33 days ago [–]

I think all the software the scammers used was in the google play store. I don't think they sideloaded anything.

But I'm not entirely sure. I wasn't there, and she's not tech literate. She was so rattled when I spoke to her about it that it was hard to get a clear story out of her about what happened.

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