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.

  • Ledivin@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 months ago

    Of course, it was a lie since it’s still on Play Store an of today and in use.

    FWIW, I just searched it up and it’s listed as unavailable in my region (USA) 🤷‍♂️ so at the very least, they scoped it down a little bit

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      So they region locked it from US, but it can still be pre-installed as a system app from AOSP. And it’s available in EU, while was meant to be in Kenya only.

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOP
      41·
      9 months ago

      Just because it’s not in the Playstore, doesn’t mean it’s not installed.

      It’s not listed in the Australian Playstore either, yet here we are with it making internet requests.

      It’s definitely installed.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        It’s not just you, it’s phoning home for me too. Pixel 7, also Australia, bought outright from officeworks. I don’t log network reqs so I don’t know exacts, but it’s using 25kb every 3 days or so, so it’s doing something.

    • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Checked my pixel 6 and it’s on mine. Might not be in the store for everyone, but it’s installed on my owned device.