If this can happen, is it possible that once mandatory developer verification comes into effect, all 3rd party apps will be uninstalled at first and require a re-install?

Concerning this specific case, NFCGate is a tool on which malware (family) titled NGate by ESET is based, thus likely causing a false positive.

Oh, and no bypass is available anymore (aside from disabling play protect):

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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

There are newer stingray type devices that are effective against 3G and 4G devices as well, and I think there's one that's coming out soon or has already been released that works on 5G to some extent but not completely. I haven't read up on it fully lately, but there's definitely more out there than just 2G/3G devices.

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    Interesting. *#*#info#*#* didn't do anything for me.

    Invalid mmi code

    Edit: I did however find it under settings, network,sims, and then when I selected my particular sims, it scrolled down a bit. I found that that was already disabled. It was labeled as 2G network protection.

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