This is extremely shady. How do I know if other apps I have are making me part of a botnet?
Use free and open source software
Something being open source doesn't automatically make it safe to use. Sure, it means it's easier for people to check for security issues, but how many people actually have the knowledge and the time to do it? And even then, take the log4j vulnerability from a while ago, it's been present in the code since 2013 and only reported in like 2021.
FOSS isn't generally vulnerable to the "buyout" vulnerability. It's not new that a valuable browser extension is bought out and repurposed, but FOSS is less likely to fall to these bugs. (also fuck WEI. You'll get more of this with WEI)
FOSS isn't generally vulnerable to the "buyout" vulnerability.
Oracle has entered the chat.
I try to where I can, but unfortunately this is not always an option for me.
You need to examine your devices packets and see what servers they're going to. You can do that through Wireshark on Windows, or use an external sniffer to examine them.
I'm not aware of any native apps for Mac that can do that, but maybe others will know.
Wireshark is available on intel and arm macs.
Disclaimer : not an Apple user, not a lawyer
This should be illegal by European law. Without further knowledge it seems like a prime example for the GDPR letter of death and a pretty solid case for data protection lawyers
Unannounced changes to the Terms of Service are definitely illegal.
Should be illegal
Light and dark mode can be set to turn on automatically at a given time or can be set via sunset/sunrise. Not sure where you got people need to step away from their devices to enable.
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