This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Hmm, don't seem to have it on my GrapheneOS phone.

[halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world]

Lots of apps are able to interact with your text messages. Many apps are able to intercept one time passcode messages when registering accounts for instance.

It's also not weird to separate this if they intend for it to be able to be used in other areas as well.

Just because it may be used only by Messages right now, doesn't mean that it's intended to only be used there.

[sajhino@lemmy.world]

Wow, thanks for this. I do have it sneakily installed by Google to my phone, without my knowledge or consent. If that ain't malware behavior, idk what that is.

[shyguyblue@lemmy.world]

Yup, found on my phone yesterday.

It also claimed that i was part of the beta program, which is probably how they back-doored it in, so make sure you leave the beta program to keep it from coming back.

[db2@lemmy.world]

It says no permissions required and has used no data on mine.

I froze it anyway because I didn't ask for it, but I don't think it's malicious.

[lordcrom@lemmy.world]

In other news, Google wants to scan all your messenger images.

[stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world]

On my phone it was not installed (Android version 14). I even don't find it in google play store. Is this because of the Android version or are there maybe regional differences?

[gradually_adjusting@lemmy.world]

Doesn't even appear to exist for me in the UK. Yay?

[dbkblk@lemmy.world]

And then I praise microg / LineageOS

[tregetour@lemdro.id]

Say it with me, peeps. Tenant on your own land!

[smiletolerantly@awful.systems]

I am using both and this somehow made it to my phone, wtaf

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

I don't see it on my dumb phone

[britishj@lemmy.world]

If you have play services installed. You will get it.

[lumiluz@slrpnk.net]

I don't have it on a phone a with play services.

I'm also in the EU in case that matters

[britishj@lemmy.world]

Well then, that's pretty impressive. I don't know the answer to that

[lumiluz@slrpnk.net]

Seems other commentators outside USA are saying similar things.

If true, I wouldn't trust this app at all, because it just be breaking GDPR somehow

[britishj@lemmy.world]

I have it and I am in the UK, we have our own GDPR after the whole Brexit thing. But someone would need to prove its breaking GDPR. To install it on the device isn't a violation of GDPR.

[kusivittula@sopuli.xyz]

I'm in EU and I have it. was able to uninstall though.

[masterofn001@lemmy.ca]

Entirely on my phone?

Why did my firewall ask if I wanted to allow it internet access?

[bobs_monkey@lemm.ee]

I wonder if it's a 15 thing. I updated to 15 last week, and sure enough, it was in my system apps. Easy enough to install, but what the fuck. I really need to get myself a pixel and install GOS.