I recently asked the /c/Android community what information Google has access to on stock Android, assuming the user is not using any Google apps, and was told Google has full “unstoppable” access to the entire device, including Signal messages, the microphone, duckduckgo search history and anything displayed on the screen at all times.

Does this mean that encrypted messaging is essentially pointless to use on Android? I’m a newb here so go easy on me.

  • passepartout@feddit.org
    18·
    20 hours ago

    In Signal, push notifications simply act as a ping that tells the app to wake up.

    Google only pings your phone via FCM, the Signal App then polls the message itself.

    Edit: oops, you meant the pop-up. You can disable them from showing the message.