I want to know if it's reasonable to expect a degree of privacy with stock android.

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[–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Understood (I think) so just to be clear, you are saying Google has the power to collet:

  • All signal Messages
  • Device Location at all times
  • Anything displayed on the screen
  • Audio around device (microphone) at all times
  • All files on the device

Is that accurate?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not so sure about the signal messages if they're stored properly encrypted by the app. But yeah, technically they could probably take screenshots. You could do a MiTM with a https proxy and look at wireshark to see what it sends.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    You could do a MiTM with a https proxy and look at wireshark to see what it sends.

    Surely a professional must have looked into this by now?

    Also I don't see how Google wouldn't be able to read Signal messages if they have full unstoppable access to everything? If the user can read it, surely Google can too?

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