Why is my new matter device connected with fabric Google LLC?

Configuration Matter/Thread
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This is an Ikea flood sensor KLIPPBOK. HA shows connected fabrics Google LLC and Home Assistant. Same for an Ikea motion sensor MYGGSPRAY. Both are working fine with HA.

I never had any matter/thread devices in my house, and I would really want to avoid Google where possible.

So - why is Google LLC there without me having done anything? Did Ikea do it, or has it already been used by somebody else, or is this a requirement for HA? and is it safe to remove it?

Also, when I show device info, I have an item “ping device” (German, re-translated to English). After a few seconds, this item is replaced by “share device” - and only now the menu shows the item for fabric admininstration. I wonder what happens here.

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The way things work when using Android based HA Companion App (and iOS too) is that the mobile device will first commission the device to itself as a Matter Fabric/Controller and then “Share” the device with the HA Matter Fabric/Controller. So the “Google LLC” is probably the name of the Android Matter Fabric/Controller. Since HA is able to control the device, you can delete the Google LLC .

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that makes sense, thank you!