• MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Even if this would help (I’m OOP, and according to some commenters it’s still installed on their phones running other OSes), I’m still outraged at the concept and the fact it’s installed by default.

      Plus, “just” installing a different OS is not a terribly mass-market friendly thing.

      It should be regulated against by governments. The EU is slowly heading in the right direction. We’re letting these tech companies do whatever the fuck they want to.

      Most people don’t have the time or knowledge necessary to make their digital lives entirely private.

      This has “stop global warming by making personal choices” vibes to it.

      I want privacy by default, and I’m not going to apologise for that.

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        It should be regulated against by governments. The EU is slowly heading in the right direction. We’re letting these tech companies do whatever the fuck they want to.

        I wonder if it already is illegal. Have you looked into that? Did they disclose this “feature” in any of the agreements or literature that came with the device so that you could return it for a refund? Maybe you have a good legal case here.

    • Senseless@feddit.de
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      I don’t think that necessarily helps. I’m running GrapheneOS and “DeviceLockController” is installed there as well. From what I read, it’s because it’s part of AOSP.

      I did take all permissions and from the system logs it reads that this app never has been used or tried to send anything to begin with.