I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they’re on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can’t be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?

Edit 2: I bought my Pixel 6 phone outright, directly from Google’s Australian store. I have no creditors.

Were the courts not enough control for creditors? Since when are they allowed to lock you out of your purchased property without a court order?

I don’t even live in the US, so what the actual fuck?

Edit 1: You can check it’s installed (stock Pixel 6 android 14) Settings > Apps > All Apps > three dot menu, Show system > search “DeviceLockController”.

I highly recommend getting NetGuard, you can enable pro features via their website if you have the APK for as low as 0.10€, but donate more, because it’s amazing. You can also purchase via Google Play store.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m in the US and it’s not on my phone and even though it’s listed in the Play Store it says it’s not available in my region

  • Goldmaster@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    What’s stopping someone from enabling debug mode, downloading adb tools and running pm uninstall --user0 then the package name? Surely with the app removed, the app can’t brick your phone. Or running a custom rom like lineage or graphine os?

  • liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I checked and this is not present on my device. It is an unlocked Google Pixel 6a purchased via contract with the mobile provider. That said, I factory reset the device when I got it, so it may have been removed at that time.

  • Trollception@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Pixel 7 Pro reporting in. There is no DeviceLockController on my phone. Just installed the latest monthly updates a couple of days ago.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    i think they’re just using the device administrator feature of android right? i know outlook does this if i connect to my work email

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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      4 months ago

      It’s built into Android, but I suspect yes it needs to be granted device admin first so I doubt this can just enable out of nowhere.

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      So because I’m using a work profile, this gets installed?

      I’m using shelter, also, hence have a work profile.

      But even so, this shouldn’t be installed.

      • さようなら@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Seen this comment several times and since you’re OP and can get more eyes on you than my random comment: P6 paid for in full, installed GrapheneOS with no gApps and no Work Profile and I still have that app

        • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOP
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          4 months ago

          Yikes. Well at least I feel vindicated that it’s not somehow my “fault” for using Shelter. It’s where I install all my questionable

          Why in the world would this be bundled with AOSP? (Or is Graphene not built on stock AOSP, I have no concept of how that works)

      • Lath@kbin.earth
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        4 months ago

        If it’s specific to a work profile, then it’s likely to allow a user to prevent leaking sensitive work materials in case of a lost phone.

  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Mate we live in a 5 eyes country so whatever shit you see in the USl by default you’ll see it here. Its sad but that’s how it is and regular 9-5s can’t do much about it

  • TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Love the Chinese phones. None of this crap US stuff is enabled. It’s baked into the system ROM so it is there. But on mine it has never transfered any data, not even ever been active. It’s just dead code taking up a few megabytes.

    • Gadg8eer@preserve.gamesEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Unlike Japan in the 80s, I wouldn’t trust the CCP more than products made in Democratic nations.

      That being said, I am now VERY glad I switched to Graphene OS the moment I got this phone. Fuck this kind of shit, I bought this phone.

      • TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Lower quality? Lol.

        I’ll give you a chance to look up the Mix Fold 3. And then any other equivalent phone available in the US market.

        Even excluding the folding aspect, the screen sizes and overall thickness means it looks and works exactly like a non foldy. 50W wireless, 120W wired charging. 1TB of storage, 16GB of RAM. Leica lenses.

        On top of that, zero of my data goes to the US government at it does on carrier branded phones. I will give all my data to the ccp if they want it. I have no interest in what they do with it. I have very high interest in what a five eyes nation does with my data and information.

        • dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          4 months ago

          Wow! Rattling off stats like that is a great way to show you’re not shilling.

          Tell me, how is the display color quality and camera resolution?

          • TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            Cameras are better than Samsung flagship and on par with iPhone. The newest 14 beats the iPhone 15 in side by side tests according to many media outlets.

            The display is Samsung OLED. The exact same display technology.

            Educate yourself to the world outside of the USA and you’ll find far superior technology.

        • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          Get replacement parts, get access to bootloaders, get control of your data. You can’t? Lower quality, and you admit it proudly.

          • TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world
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            3 months ago

            Funny how that’s not needed when you don’t break your phone and the thing works out of the box. No random reboots and resets like every US carrier branded phone where a custom ROM is a necessity.

            Also if I need replacement parts all the mobile repair shops stock them in places I routinely visit.

            Youre just too taken in by propaganda to admit the shit the US shoves down your throat isn’t that great.

            • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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              3 months ago

              I need the ROMs to play with hardware in ways manufacturers and Google don’t intend. I don’t ask the manufacturer for permission, nor do I need to as source code and bootloaders are available.

              I’m not willing to be a data point for profit, I don’t give a fuck whether it’s the shithead ccp or fuckbox google, my data stays on my phone unless I decide otherwise.

              Can’t do that? Again, proud of your weakest element. How strange. Enjoy your inferior phone.

  • cdegallo@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    don’t even live in the US, so what the actual fuck?

    I live in the US and the Google play store says this app isn’t available in my region.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 months ago

    My Pixel5a from google store has it, but my other phone where I installed Murena e/OS (which is based on LineageOS) does not have it.

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      How do you go for banking apps on Murena e/OS? This is basically the only thing holding me back from changing my OS to GrapheneOS.

      Dual boot is sadly not a thing according to Graphene (and I have idea about such things

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        4 months ago

        With GrapheneOS, there’s dual profile, a main without google, and a secondary profile with all the garbage you don’t really need…

      • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I will tell you my secret. I have two phones. Two identities. One that has a normal google phone with facebook messenger and instagram, to keep in contact with family, and to have bank apps. And one, where the Murena e/OS is totally de-googled. Where you will only find FOSS apps, from Lemmy to Mastodon and Pixelfed. That second identity is my real one.

        The mistake people make when they write about “moving to Linux” (or similar), is that they try to fit themselves into a box where the modern life doesn’t affords them to. The wiser option is to play on both sides. You have an unassuming, clean-cut identity on one computer and phone, and you have your real self on the other, where it’s ultra-private and secured, and often IP-spoofed if required. And it’s not some kind of closeting thing, or illegal thing or anything, it’s just private. How I would like things to be by default in a Utopian system.

        On top of that, I believe that Murena’s e/OS has a modified g-services app so full fledged Android apps, including bank apps, get fooled so they run. But I don’t personally run them on that phone. That phone is FOSS only.

      • sudneo@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        I run /e/OS on my Fairphone 3. The only thing that doesn’t work is login with fingerprints with my banking app. Everything else works, I did not have a problem and I am now running it for more than 3 years I believe (or 4?).

        • Pantherina@feddit.de
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          4 months ago

          Banking is a hit or miss, GrapheneOS should pass all security checks and more, but none of them is Google certified and apps start to request that, which sucks

  • acetanilide@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for sharing this OP. I turned on the notifications for my browser, and when I went on FB (thru firefox, not app) one of the connection notifications was to a website I went on once a few weeks or even a month ago. I knew it was creepy but damn.

    I do have ublock origin but obviously that’s not enough. I wish i could get rid of FB but there’s 2 things i haven’t been able to replicate elsewhere.

    I’m just flabbergasted but wanted to say thanks.