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.

    • AmbiguousPropsEnglish
      4•8 months ago

      I did before I used Graphene, and my experience was a lot worse to be honest. Has it improved over the last two years?

      • @[email protected]English
        2•8 months ago

        You are much better off using a Pixel with GrapheneOS as far as privacy and security are concerned. Believe it or not, Google Pixels are the best smartphones to use de-googled. Truly outstanding.

        Look up why Graphene team only supports these phones, it’s on their FAQ page.

        • AmbiguousPropsEnglish
          1•8 months ago

          Lots of apps straight up didn’t work, that was the main thing. The other thing was I had to use a VPN app to block app network access, something that is a built in feature of Graphene. Further, Graphene has much more built in security features including actually using secure boot.

          • Possibly linuxEnglish
            2•8 months ago

            Did you get your apps from F-droid? I run Lineage completely stock with F-droid. It might be good to make a distinction between regular Lineage OS and Google Lineage OS.

            • AmbiguousPropsEnglish
              1•8 months ago

              I’m not to the point where I can use 100% F-Droid apps, unfortunately.

              • Possibly linuxEnglish
                2•8 months ago

                Exactly, I think we as a community need to have an accepted transition from proprietary spyware to free alternatives. I think step one would be to move to free apps.

                • AmbiguousPropsEnglish
                  1•8 months ago

                  I agree, and would say that 90% of my apps are. But there’s a few (mostly banking related) that I can’t pass up since the mobile websites are unusable.