Google Corvid "Exposure Notifications" api actively running in most Android phones
(support.google.com)
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Temporary, if needed, and likely restarts when you reboot an Android. And it also periodically comes to life on its own.
The ExposureMatchingService was listed as ACTIVELY RUNNING, ALTHOUGH settings said it was OFF. This has happened several times.
Turning Bluetooth off by itself does not stop it unless you also go to the Bluetooth scanning menu and also disable "allow apps and services to scan for nearby devices any time even when Bluetooth is off". Then just maybe. If you trust Google.
Apple is doing the same shit.
Excellent way to record who people socialize with/come into proximity to so as to build a web of contacts. Not against Wuhan Flu or rioters, but eventually against us.
From the google help page "Most Android phones get this update. Some Huawei phones may not get the update." Wonder why china made Huawei phones would not be included https://support.google.com/android/answer/9888358?hl=en
Also not on my Huawei 8 tablet. That was purchased well pre-ban and has always run standard Android (Huawei modifies the look slightly and calls it EMUI, but it looks and seemingly works (I often flip on a personal firewall with log files, and it does not seem to try to do lots of weird stuff) no further from stock than say Samsung's tweaks to Android and also close enough where I deemed installing Nova Launcher Pro was not worth it).
Double check. Api is intentionally WELL hidden. Need to get developer access menu. See my comment post.
It is not just on my 2+ years old Android 10 phone. It is even on an old Android 6 tablet I own (but interestingly not on a certain Android 8 tablet). Google pushed the "upgrade" to its operating setup a few months ago to every device it could that was Android 6 or better.