Those Obnoxious “Sign in With Google” Prompts
Mar 29, 2024 · Previously: StopTheMadness Pro Update (2024-09-10): Wil Shipley: Yay, I’ve figured out how to disable those annoying “Sign in to this site with Google” prompts that have poisoned the web! …
Google Moves Android Development to Internal Branches
Mar 27, 2025 · Google Moves Android Development to Internal Branches Ben Schoon (via Hacker News): The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) has left most of Google’s work in developing …
Lower Google Play Store Fees and Registered App Stores
Mar 6, 2026 · The gist is that Android will get more app stores, and developers will pay lower fees. […] Representatives for Epic and Google have both expressed enthusiastic support for the newly …
Michael Tsai - Blog - Android Sideloading Waiting Period
Mar 20, 2026 · Android Sideloading Waiting Period Ryan Whitwam (Hacker News): With its new limits on sideloading, Android phones will only install apps that come from verified developers. To verify, …
Michael Tsai - Blog - Android Tracking Switch Privacy Lawsuit
Sep 8, 2025 · This seems kind of like the Incognito lawsuit. Technically, it doesn’t really make sense that flipping a switch on an Android phone would turn off Google Analytics across the Web and third-party …
Google to Require Developer Verification for Android Sideloading
Sep 2, 2025 · The new Android security measures are an interesting piece of revisionist thinking—“developer verification” is now set as the gatekeeper for sideloaded apps in Brazil, …
Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
Jul 14, 2025 · These native Android apps receive browsers’ metadata, cookies and commands from the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica scripts embedded on thousands of web sites. These JavaScripts …
Michael Tsai - Blog - Recently Updated
Jun 9, 2026 · AirDropping With Android posted 2025-12-16, updated 2026-06-08 WhisperPad Rejected From the Mac App Store posted 2026-06-03, updated 2026-06-08 BenQ MA270S 5K Display posted …
Michael Tsai - Blog - Memory Safe Languages in Android 13
Jan 6, 2023 · On Android, we’re now seeing something different - a significant drop in memory safety vulnerabilities and an associated drop in the severity of our vulnerabilities. […] This drop coincides …
Michael Tsai - Blog - Mobile Web Browsing Benchmarks 2026
Apr 2, 2026 · Through deep vertical integration across hardware, the Android OS, and the Chrome engine, the latest flagship Android devices are setting new performance records, outperforming all …