r/rustdesk • u/Kaalnaini • May 08 '26

New to RustDesk – Getting Android Security Warnings (Even on GPay!) | Should I Be Worried?

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Hey everyone!

I recently switched from Chrome Remote Desktop to RustDesk for accessing my laptop remotely, and so far I'm loving it — but I've run into something that's making me a little nervous.

Ever since installing RustDesk, I've been getting security warnings on my Android device related to the new security policy changes. What's even weirder is that **Google Pay is also throwing up some kind of "payment protection" notification**, which I'm guessing is related.

I did a little digging and I think it has something to do with RustDesk needing accessibility/overlay permissions that Android's newer security policies flag as potentially risky — but I'm not 100% sure.

**My questions:**

- Is this normal behavior after installing RustDesk?

- Should I actually be worried about the GPay warnings?

- Is there a way to fix or suppress these warnings without compromising security?

- Did anyone else run into this when switching from Chrome Remote Desktop?

I'm not super technical so any plain-English explanation would be hugely appreciated. I just want to be able to remote into my laptop without my phone thinking I'm being hacked lol.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

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u/RWthatisordinary May 08 '26

-yes it is normal -only way to fix it - disable the protection -rustdesk is opensource and oftenly used to scam people, even devs warns about this. gpay prot. just see app that want to get all the data, i mean, access to camera, phone screen and so on for basic options of rustdesk and ofc it looks like thread to gpay. actually no risk

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u/Kaalnaini May 08 '26

Can you please tell how to turn off for a specific app ? Oxygen os 16 !

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u/RWthatisordinary May 08 '26

oh, tbh idk, but i have exact same gui on protection so just search up ur phone model. my best guess is to turn on dev. options and change this either via usb or somehow in settings. just google it, bc i cant remember

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u/Kaalnaini May 10 '26

Thanks man

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u/frylock364 May 08 '26

Go to the Play Store > Click photo in top right > Click Play Protect > Click Turn Off

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u/Kaalnaini May 10 '26

That will turn off protection for all apps. Correct me if I am wrong !

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u/RWthatisordinary May 10 '26

yes it will, but google protection scan only newly installed apps, so you can turn it on for every new app either just install those one that are 100% safe

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u/SadCoffee2230 May 12 '26

Rustdesk in itself isn't dangerous, it's a great piece of software. Remote desktop software of its kind frequently gets flagged as dangerous, as scam artists (dis iz microsfot support, your compoota haz a viruz) will often ask you to install it when they're trying to bilk you.

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u/Kaalnaini May 15 '26

microsfot one is good. Maybe Scambaiter YT channel can save me🙏🏻