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Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MisterFrog@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think I've seen you around here before, shilling these lower quality, closed source devices from China.

[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, the preference for giving the data to CCP is something I've also considered. Like, why not get DeepSeek and just say fuck it? It doesn't suck nearly as bad as ChapGPT. I also am not sure I have any interest it what they do with my info, unless the sell it back to the US, or it ends up back here