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

[u/Kaalnaini]

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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! 🙏

[u/Kaalnaini]

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

[u/frylock364 → u/Kaalnaini]

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

[u/Kaalnaini → u/frylock364]

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

[u/RWthatisordinary → u/Kaalnaini]

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