Re: Adventures in a NEW Android 6 Phone
Oh no! It looks as if you purchased one of the phones that Zuckerburg allowed the manufacturer low level access to.
Those two Facebook related system apps are a dead giveaway.
"The agreements, which date to at least 2010, gave private access to some user data to Huawei, a telecommunications equipment company that has been flagged by American intelligence officials as a national security threat, as well as to Lenovo, Oppo and TCL."
TCL=Alcatel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html