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It's also getting more and more locked down on Android too.

Not sure if there's other mechanisms, but from 11 onwards, apps have to declare which other apps they will query through PackageManager https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility/de...

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I think locking down mobile systems is the exact wrong way to go about it. This will make mobile computing even more hostile.

That apps can do that this easily is a result of software deployment through a single channel in the first place.

It is a hard problem because there are so many side channels and apps keep swapping over to use those. And then it becomes a policy and review challenge, which is tricky to nail correctly every time.

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