• EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    But the company also offers a free version of the feature for anyone who downloads the iVerify Basics app for $1.

    If it’s $1, then it’s not free. is whoever wrote this article an idiot, or are they just being paid by iVerify to lie?

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      5 months ago

      Turns out you can only use it once a month on the app anyways. It’s not what you think normally it’s a paid subscription service but they added it to the basics app for “free”. But I agree they should choose those words more carefully.

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    5 months ago

    The actual software to scan your phone has been around for a while, you can use it entirely for free and as often as you want: mvt.

    I’m guessing whatever this ziffdavis trash is, its probably using the same thing just with a nice coat of paint and and interface that the sort of mouth breather who’d pay for security theater apps can use.

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        5 months ago

        Not a stupid question.

        There’s a section near the bottom about how to install and you’ll also want to read through the documentation on how to use it.

        What’s not in the instructions: First, you’ll need to have Python installed, then you’ll be able to execute that command to download/install the module.

        At a quick glance, this is some software that you install on a computer, then you connect your phone to it and execute the command to perform a scan.

        You’ll want to get comfortable with using a terminal window or PowerShell/CMD prompt, etc.

        You may need to look up some commands on how to change your directory to the root directory of the phone before executing any scans.