More than 50 organizaciones han escrito y firmado una carta abierta a Alphabet y al CEO de Google para que tomen medidas contra el Bloatware en Android, ya que representa un riesgo de privacidad y una desmejora del rendimiento y la experiencia del usuario.

The Bloatware es el término que se asigna a las aplicaciones que piden una cantidad desproporcionada de espacio de almacenamiento para la mínima funcionalidad que ofrecen.

Y en Android el Bloatware son todas las aplicaciones preinstaladas en el sistema, que no ofrecen ninguna funcionalidad al usuario final y reducen tanto el rendimiento, como el espacio de almacenamiento del sistema. En algunos casos, comprometen gravemente la seguridad.

Dichas aplicaciones violan el derecho de privacidad de los usuarios, since, como se señala en la carta, They are applications that cannot be uninstalled from the system due to their privileged permissions, which bypass the Android permission model, and can access the microphone, camera, and location without user intervention.

The devices, In addition, include the brand “Google Play Protect” in these applications, despite several studies showing that the 91% preinstalled applications on smartphone devices do not appear on Google Play.

To finish, the signing group, including Privacy International, Digital Rights Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and many others, is calling on Google for urgent changes, and these are some of the points found in the letter:

  • The user should be able to permanently uninstall preinstalled applications from their phones. This should include background services that continue running even after these applications have been disabled.
  • Pre-installed applications should be adjusted to the Play Store app control level, including custom permissions.

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