This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.
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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.
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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.
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In other news, Google wants to scan all your messenger images.
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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?
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Doesn't even appear to exist for me in the UK. Yay?
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And then I praise microg / LineageOS
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Say it with me, peeps. Tenant on your own land!
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I am using both and this somehow made it to my phone, wtaf
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I don't see it on my dumb phone
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If you have play services installed. You will get it.
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I don't have it on a phone a with play services.
I'm also in the EU in case that matters
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Well then, that's pretty impressive. I don't know the answer to that
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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
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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.
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I'm in EU and I have it. was able to uninstall though.
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Entirely on my phone?
Why did my firewall ask if I wanted to allow it internet access?
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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.
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If you want to uninstall it (and a lot of other crap) and you don't have root, a combination of Shizuku (https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku) and Canta (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.samo_lego.canta/) will let you do that.
BE CAREFUL THOUGH! Uninstalling random apps can brick your phone - do your research and make sure it's safe before you delete stuff willy-nilly!
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Oh thank you! Had it on my phone without any notifications or anything else to tell me that!
Am an EU resident, so that's very worrisome to say the least.
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Is it on Android 15 only? I've been procrastinating updating.
