grilled_chesse_eaterJul 8, 2023

Meta Services, Sorry WHAT!?

https://lemmy.world/post/1195134

Meta Services, Sorry WHAT!? - Lemmy.world

Meta/Facebook preinstalls an app called Meta Services (previously Facebook services) on a very large percentage of android devices (I’ve never used one without it) and while they claim it helps updates and synchronisation between different meta apps, it is very suspicious. Why preinstall it on devices of people who will potentialy never use a single meta app? Go to your app list/app management and show system apps and find anything with the words “meta” or “Facebook” then turn off network access for those apps (if you can) and disable them. (eg. Meta app manager, Meta app installer). https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/meta-services-an-android-app-or-not/ [https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/meta-services-an-android-app-or-not/] https://fixyourandroid.com/about/facebook-app-manager/ [https://fixyourandroid.com/about/facebook-app-manager/] https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS20FE/comments/ttmx4t/meta_services/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS20FE/comments/ttmx4t/meta_services/] Edit: Looking around I have found several people complaining that this app is using their ram for 10 hours a day even though they don’t use anything Meta. That’s even more suspicious.

Show threadHyperrealityJul 8, 2023

It's not unlikely to be an NSA thing which allows them to access everthing. That sounds paranoid, but Snowden happened so we know they were doing stuff like this 10 years ago:

DROPOUTJEEP .... "A software implant for the Apple iPhone that utilizes modular mission applications to provide specific SIGINT functionality. This functionality includes the ability to remotely push/pull files from the device. SMS retrieval, contact list retrieval, voicemail, geolocation, hot mic, camera capture, cell tower location, etc. Command, control and data exfiltration can occur over SMS messaging or a GPRS data connection. All communications with the implant will be covert and encrypted."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT_catalog

To be honest, I think we just have to accept privacy is dead. The only real choice that remains is whether to regularly teabag our phones on on the off chance someone's looking.

ANT catalog - Wikipedia

Show threadCandybar121
Your privacy is only dead if you let it be. Like others have said you can ungoogle an Android phone with custom OS, or worst case go back to a non smart phone. But it’s not dead. The 4th and 14th amendment legally should cover everyone from this type of spying.
Jul 8, 2023 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadSubverbJul 8, 2023
I think the point is that such a vanishingly small percentage of people know how to do what you suggest (or care at all about privacy yammering) that it’s irrelevant to society’s overall privacy.
Show threadCandybar121Jul 8, 2023
That’s okay though as long as that small percentage stands up and does something. Because it only takes 1 person to start a lawsuit about privacy, than everybody benefits if they win!
Show threadSpezCanLigmaBallsJul 8, 2023
Not only that but it creates a sentiment and more people could be like hmmm… how do I do what I can to protect myself