This morning a customer told me that the new Samsung Galaxy S25 (and probably also the previous ones – but I hadn’t noticed this on my S24) run, by default, a background service called “Meta Services,” which belongs to Meta. And it runs even if you don’t have any Meta apps, as it’s the result of an agreement between the two companies. I don’t have any information about this – does anyone know more?
#Samsung #Android #Privacy
@[email protected] I have an (Australian) S24 Ultra and while I can’t see these apps in settings on the phone, they show up with adb. So far, I have been unable to remove them. Thanks for letting us know about this.
Time for me to go get a pixel instead, and look at Graphene OS too. I have been quite disappointed with this device. I’m still migrating off iPhone so it’s a good time to change it.