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The software that enables the malware scanning is called Hypatia and is produced by @divested Any new installation of CalyxOS from this version forward will be offered Hypatia during the initial set-up wizard. Older CalyxOS installations can add the software from @fdroidorg manually. We hope to promote the protection of endangered groups and individuals including civil society, human rights defenders, journalists, women and others.

We hope this becomes the default "best practice" for makers of mobile phone operating systems.

More info about the malware signature databases:

https://github.com/citizenlab/malware-signatures
https://github.com/AmnestyTech/investigations
https://github.com/AssoEchap/stalkerware-indicators

More info about Hypatia:

https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/Hypatia

@calyxos
This is what I wish was happening on XDA for the past 15 years: Cooperation between ROM developers instead of baseless accusations of DDoS attacks and swatting. :)

@drakenblackknight yeah absolutely, that's what we attempted to work towards with AOSP alliance
https://github.com/AOSPAlliance/README/commit/504b449757bce99d279ae51cd7b2737095228d1d
but... for some reason, it didn't work out

@calyxos
I reiterate: Same old story on XDA, but Rome wasn't sacked in a day. ;)

@Kurt @calyxos @divested I was just about to write the same. https://infosec.exchange/@divested/111705281263740176