Thank you for giving me more background here! I was vaguely aware of this feature but believe I disabled it earlier on (along with other unused features and app permissions en masse) so the surprise app was a shock. I’m tech-aware but not savvy at this point so I just risk mitigate where I can.
I don’t have experience with Shazam or similar for context, so do most apps like this utilize snippet hashes on device? (headed to wiki but thought I’d ask)
Thanks, man. Been having a shit week. Literally just noticed this standalone app today. Have actually had problems with paranoia before. Though it should go without saying to anyone that my second paragraph has an obvious /s attached it.
But again, thanks so much for telling me I’m embarrassing and I don’t want to learn anything, even if I posted this on a literal no stupid questions page, with an open ended question, akin to “does anybody else…?”
Yeah, okay. I do want to learn.
I especially want to learn to make sure I never explain anything to anyone like you just did to me.
Anybody notice a stock “Now Playing” app has automatically downloaded on their Android without their knowledge at some point?
Because I definitely want my phone always listening just in case there’s a song I don’t know that can be identified by an app I’m not even aware of!
God I need a dumb phone.
Has someone made an SCP entry for these guys yet? Akin to the one they made for that one IKEA but even more meta somehow?
I’d like to see how this story ends.
goddamn telomeres at it again (or not)