In instructions to Google, Judge Rossignoli says that the company must “adopt the necessary technical means to immediately uninstall from Android systems that report IP addresses in the territory of the Argentine Republic (which can be verified by the IP addresses assigned to this country), the application named Magis TV.”
"What was achieved is an unprecedented court order, which is in the process of being analyzed by Google – we understand that they cannot deny it – which is to uninstall, through the Android operating system update, the application on all devices that have an IP address in Argentina,” [prosecuter Alejandro] Musso says.
- sunzu2 ( @sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ) 66•10 hours ago
Woahh… This clowns lost their minds…
Customs ROMs are about to get some freshly minted enjoyers 🫢
- MachineFab812 ( @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ) English14•9 hours ago
Realistically, Google and then the other Android manufacturers will stop business in Argentina. Grey market will then be filling that niche, almost cerainly with imported phones.
- borari ( @borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•9 hours ago
They’ll just wind up on Chinese spy phones.
- CALIGVLA ( @Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English13•7 hours ago
They think only Chinese phones are spy phones
- borari ( @borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•6 hours ago
Jokes on you, I have a fairphone running graphene.
- liveinthisworld ( @liveinthisworld@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English9•5 hours ago
How do you run Graphene on a Fair phone?
- The Cuuuuube ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) English5•5 hours ago
how’d you do that?
- otter ( @otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English9•7 hours ago
YFW they’re spy phones, all the way down.
- Handles ( @halm@leminal.space ) English42•10 hours ago
All the more reason to !degoogle your devices.
- Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) 31•9 hours ago
How is this remotely Google’s responsibility?
- m0darn ( @m0darn@lemmy.ca ) English21•8 hours ago
It’s not, but it seems Argentina doesn’t think people should be allowed to own their phones.
- ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ ( @yournamehere@lemm.ee ) English2•8 hours ago
because they are in full control. and because they are the only ones. thats more than good enough.
one should not use google in the first place.
- MachineFab812 ( @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ) English15•9 hours ago
ICC Arbitration coming in 3 … 2 …
Honestly, I hope Google just stops doing business in Argentina. Let their courts tussle with phone manufacturers that sell Android devices until they do the same. Not the end of the world if your citizens have to buy such things grey-market or keep using what they already have, or buy devices with other operating systems.
Before you say Apple, Apple would have to handle it pretty much the same as Google if/when they get sued/prosecuted like so.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•7 hours ago
Its just that Apple doesnt allow sideloading and thus can demand a takedown which could result in an automatic uninstall.
- GrindingGears ( @GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ) English2•7 hours ago
The ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction over civil matters. The ICC only has jurisdiction over the most egregious of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, on a voluntary transnational basis (you have to be a signatory country, which I believe Argentina is).
- MachineFab812 ( @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•6 hours ago
There’s the International Criminal Court, yes, but there’s also the International Chamber of Commerce.
The confusion gives them(the Commerce peeps) a veneer of authority, although as a facet of the International Monetary Foundation that the US/EU requires countries to sign onto in order to do business, they do issue binding decisions versus member countries. That, or the US get’s more hands-on with its meddling.
- MajesticFlame ( @MajesticFlame@lemmy.one ) English12•9 hours ago
Is google even able to do it? They are unable to push os updates directly in most cases, sinco those go through phone vendors. Idk if they already have the ability to remotely uninstall apps. Maybe through the appstore?
- Goodtoknow ( @Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca ) English1•5 hours ago
They do with Play Services “Play Protect” feature
- sunzu2 ( @sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ) 16•9 hours ago
The answers to this question would confirm or destroy a lot of tinfoil the good folks got floating around this here fora.
- MajesticFlame ( @MajesticFlame@lemmy.one ) English5•6 hours ago
Well, I did not mean in a backdoor way. If google has a backdoor for the three letters agencies, I don’t expect they would reveal it even if the whole country of Argentine flipped itself over.
I meant in a public way. The play store can install apps remotely through a google account but I have no idea how far this goes.