KDE Connect incorrectly marked as dangerous by Google Play Protect

[Luca Chiricozzi]

Hi,

Today, I found Google Play Protect incorrectly marking the KDE Connect 
app as dangerous on my phone. I found your post on the KDE Reddit board, 
and I hope to be helpful by sending you this email.

I've installed KDE Connect from the F-Droid repository using Droid-ify 
as the client. The notification happened today after the app updated to 
version 1.32.10. On the reason why this is happening, I guess that it's 
an app installed from outside the Play Store that requires a lot of 
permissions that allow it to potentially monitor phone calls and 
messages on the phone, besides remotely controlling the device (mouse 
receiver), so just heuristics, but you probably already guessed it.

If you need further help or assistance, please let me know. I can use 
adb and have some experience with Android apps.

Regards,
Luca Chiricozzi
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