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.

        • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
          7•8 months ago

          Honestly I was in the same boat until I got a Fairphone…

          And now I’m in the same boat again. Honestly cannot wait until GNU/Linux mobile devices are viable 🙏

          • @[email protected]
            4•8 months ago

            I own a Pinephone64 allready but its still far from the baseline funktionality of a android device. It has hardware switches for the wireless modules tho…

            • @[email protected]
              2•8 months ago

              I’ve thought about getting one, but it’ll just be a novelty until it can support MMS properly (trying to get family to switch) and battery lasts a full day. I’ll need a few more apps, but I’ll figure out how to get it working through emulation or something if the above are fixed.