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movq (www.uninformativ.de)

Experiment: Locking down my Android phone in the firewall, only allowing outgoing connections that I approve of. Let’s see how that goes.

Even just looking at the log of attempted connections is scary. This thing is talking to everything all the time. Worse, there are some system apps that regularly query the device’s GPS location and you can’t turn that off … Shitty spy device. 🙄

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movq (www.uninformativ.de)

@prologic

things we don't even know about or have any control over (or very little)

That’s the thing: It’s not apps doing weird stuff, it’s the phone’s operating system itself. I can choose which apps to run and which permissions they have, that’s all fine, but what the fuck is “ImsApp” and why does it need access to GPS and my camera?! Completely untrustworthy.

In reply to: #pknsrda 9 months ago
movq (www.uninformativ.de)

@prologic Get fucked, indeed. 🫤

In reply to: #pknsrda 9 months ago
movq (www.uninformativ.de)

I wonder what Android does now that I’ve blocked all those connections. Will it queue all the data and just send it the next time it has an internet connection (which will happen sooner or later)? That would mean my blocking attempts are mostly pointless. 🥴

No way of telling what’s going on, it’s all encrypted …

In reply to: #pknsrda 9 months ago
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