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> Do ordinary people side load at all?

Yes, usually when somebody calls them, pretends to be from the security department of their bank, and asks them to install an app to "catch the hacker who just stole $2000 from your account in the act."

In countries where Android is popular (not the US), this is an extremely common scam vector.



even though I've never seen this method in action, I have thought of it and it could be effective.




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