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Android 14’s user-profile data bug seems indistinguishable from ransomware

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/android-14s-ransomware-data-storage-bug-locks-out-users-remains-unfixed/

Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data.

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When security meets privacy. I'm worried that some independant android OS that use profiles as a means to achieve both might find themselves broken in their future iterations. Just a heads-up.

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