Google Corvid "Exposure Notifications" api actively running in most Android phones - The Donald

Google Corvid "Exposure Notifications" api actively running in most Android phones (support.google.com)

posted 270 days ago by minttea2 270 days ago by minttea2 +17 / -0

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– minttea2 [S] 3 points 270 days ago +3 / -0

Temporary, if needed, and likely restarts when you reboot an Android. And it also periodically comes to life on its own.

Go to Settings > About Phone
Locate 'Build Number' and tap it until it says 'You Are Now A Developer'
Don't mess with anything else that isn't described here without research.
Go back into Settings and find the newly available 'Developer Options'
In Developer Options, find Running Services
In Running Services, find Google Play Services
In Google Play Services, find ExposureMatchingService
HIT STOP!

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.

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