Hmm - I have a Pixel as well. I’ve been blocking / reporting but they seem to come from tons of different phone numbers. And for some reason the Pixel lets them leave a voice mail if they’re blocked / known spam.

then why lie about your height, weight and health?

Just looked and sure enough it was installed on Jan. 22.

Nothing screams “spyware” like installing an app without notice and providing no context for what it does whatsoever.

Btw this has been installed by “More than 1 Billion” devices, so if you have an Android devices the odds are pretty flipping good you have this.

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It’s just €5 / $5.25 / £4.15 a month. They haven’t changed that price since launching in 2009. So they’ve also been around a while. Does everything you need a VPN to do. And they’re based in Sweden, which seems to have some good privacy rules. They also don’t keep logs.