Google force installs Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID app - BleepingComputer
Google force installs Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID app.How to remove Antivirus 2009 (Uninstall Instructions).How to remove Google Redirects or the TDSS, TDL3, or Alureon rootkit using TDSSKiller.Locky Ransomware Information, Help Guide, and FAQHow to Translate a Web Page in Google ChromeHow to remove a Trojan, Virus, Worm, or other MalwareGoogle is force-installing a Massachusetts COVID-19 tracking app on residents' Android devices without an easy way to uninstall itFor the past few days, users have reported that Google silently installed the Massachusetts 'MassNotify' app on their devices without the ability to open it or find it in the Google Play StoreI have no idea how they pulled this off, but it had to involve either Google, or Samsung, or both," a user wrote in a review on the Google Play Store
MassNotify is Massachusetts' COVID-19 contact tracing app that allows users who have opted into Android's 'COVID-19 Exposure Notifications' feature to be warned when exposed to the virusHowever, Android users state that they have received the application even though they have not turned on the Android Exposure Notification settings on their deviceYou can see whether MassNotify is active by going to Settings -> Google -> COVID-19 Exposure NotificationsMany people, though, are reporting that they cannot find any icons for the app, and it is not found when searching for 'MassNotify' in the Google Play Store, and thus cannot uninstall the force-installed appInstead, users have to go to the MassNotify Google Play Store URL that uses the app's internal name of 'Exposure Notifications Settings Feature - MA' and uninstall it from thereGoogle Play Store to add privacy information for all Android apps