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.

  • dev_null@lemmy.ml
    601·
    9 months ago

    anyone remember the time when google removed(!) their internal “don’t be evil” rule?

    I remember when media falsely reported clickbait articles that they did and people bring that up to this day. They moved it from the introduction to the closing statement. Which you can argue makes it less prominent or whatever, but it was never removed.

    Of course it makes no difference, it wasn’t followed either way, and definitely isn’t followed now. But no, it was never removed. You can see it yourself right here at the end: https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/

        • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          And yet it needs to be said because even 6 years after this didn’t happen people are still convinced that it did. It’s brought up way too often and I’m beyond tired of it at this point. Hate on Google for things they actually do, not because they moved 3 words to the bottom of a webpage.

          • yetiftw@lemmy.world
            21·
            9 months ago

            my point was that the only reason anything ever receives attention in any way is due to an agenda

    • nibble4bits@lemm.ee
      1·
      9 months ago

      it was never removed

      Context is key. It went from

      Google Code of Conduct is one of the ways we put “Don’t be evil” into practice

      to

      And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!

      So from a “we won’t be evil” to telling others to not be evil.

      So yes, the context in which the statement was applied, means its very basis was removed.

    • smb@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      hm you have a point that it might not have been removed completely, but the problem with that point that i personally have is that this reached me too late to just believe it was really never removed. For some reasons i would not believe blindly in “evidences” that are in control of the one that is in question and could manipulate it later for such claims and also was experienced to not be trustworthy for what they say…

      saying that, there are ways to check if something was there at a time or not. the one source i know that could help here only seems to store records from 29th jun 2023 18:44:33 onwards which is too late for this.

      https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/

      you are right, it does not make a difference in if they can be trusted, but it makes a difference in why not and what to expect if you do so despite the red flags or -as a gov- just let things go on. A person who by accident was speeding should maybe be treated differenrly than a person who intentionally(!) does so while risking others lifes. and what would be more proof of intention than a written statement or removed canary? thus such a statement does make a difference in terms of they just cannot handle their stuff, don’t care at all or maybe even have evil intentions.

      examples:

      some kids making a fire in the forest cause they don’t know the risks

      vs.

      some young adults making a fire in the woods cause they just don’t care despite knowing the risks

      vs.

      a company making fire in the woods because its cheaper to do stuff there and they lack the resouces to do it safe and someone else will pay the firefighters anyway.

      vs.

      a company stating to want to do so cause they like it despite they could afford doing it secure but just no one could or would sue them anyway.

      while i don’t want to say google is like no.4 here, to me these examples all make huge differences, no matter if the woods actually cought fire or not.