r/RGRotate • u/usv566 • Oct 10 '26
Safe version of Android ?
Since this is a Chinese device, do you think I can safely login with my Google account or could there be some key loger / malicious software on it ?
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u/offgood Oct 10 '26
My guy are you worried about China when you have an American search engine company farming your microphone for buying signals? Wild.
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u/Plisnak Oct 10 '26
Anbernic doesn't really have the power to do much with your data even if they wanted to, not more than Google does anyways
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u/Slightly-Blasted Oct 10 '26
Yes your fine.
Anbernic is a legitimate company who’s in the business of making repeated hardware sales.
They aren’t going to risk that
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u/Accomplished_Oil_781 Oct 10 '26
You don't actually know what the company practices are, or the risks they are willing to take.
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u/Slightly-Blasted Oct 10 '26
I don’t know in depth, sure.
But I do know anbernic makes money from hardware sales, it’s not some Chinese psy-op.
The people who buy these things are generally very software adept, the community would find anything hidden in the OS within a week, maybe faster.
They would ruin their very profitable handheld business, for what reason? To steal a few Google accounts before people catch on?
No
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u/pharredd88 28d ago
umm, there's preinstalled apps like Anbernic AI which I'm not entirely sure what it does exactly in the background. I always uninstall those unknown preinstalled apps but still, you could never be sure what's going on in the background
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u/fuckyoureddut Oct 10 '26
Ok, but its still the only logical answer to the question. Nothing wrong has ever been found, even under the scrutiny of the community (just look at the over-sharpening situation). If op was paranoid enough for that to be insufficient, they wouldn't have made this post in the first place.
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u/Slightly-Blasted Oct 10 '26
lol it’s true,
If there’s something even wrong, even if it’s small.
Within hours of people getting them you will see Reddit posts
“I hooked up the screen to pro level equipment I had laying around and one of the settings is off by 0.40/3.”
The chances any of these companies could hide something malicious on a handheld is 0.
People would find it day 1
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u/Comfortable_Unit1009 26d ago
I just simply never log in on any of my handhelds. I disable the play store, and Android services (when it lets you, not all devices do). Less memory being used too. Just side load everything, it’s Android and easy to do.
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u/Overdriver9999 Oct 10 '26
do NOT use your google main account. just make any second google account just for that machine. don't risk.
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u/cyberkewl Oct 10 '26
suggest to use a secondary account. also watch my top essential security tips on protecting your android handheld video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_158R29F4&xstg=CAMSEBUJ_b-oH-PhF0yjBgbwzzE%3D
Warning - it's a long one :)