So glad I moved to GrapheneOS last month.
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Firewalls are a great way to tell if new apps are secrely installed
Btw what is the key verifier thing?
Yeah I'm super keen, but my lower-tier Samsung isn't supported. I really wish FairPhone would offer a cheaper option :(
Got myself a Pixel 9 pro just to go Graphene... Sold my s24 ultra
I already have a pixel. Is it just as easy as installing Lineage OS on the phone?
There are functional firewall apps for android? Is Rethink good?
Rethink is better than good. It's great.
Yes, it also let you change your DNS and block websites. There's also invizible pro which also adds tor and i2p but rethink have a better UI.
These are usually installed as core Google apps on Android, and most flavours have them hidden since they're really just background daemons/libraries.
Gf had the same happen on her Huawei P30 which clearly wasn't set up to have the apps hidden by default.
If youre degoogling obvs not what you wanna have on your device but technically they shouldn't be doing much on their own.
Bit out of the loop. What am I looking at?
Google's secret app that scans your photos for CSAM, but my firewall is configured to autoblock newly installed apps from internet access, thus the notification alerting me an app is trying to access the internet.
Nothing about the app is secret, Google openly advertises it