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Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 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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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What was wrong with it?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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