diff --git a/.github/workflows/harmony-build.yml b/.github/workflows/harmony-build.yml
index 86497154..44176724 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/harmony-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/harmony-build.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify Harmony HAR artifact
         run: test -f harmony/pushy.har
 
+      - name: Verify the HAR native library carries no update wording
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+          tar -xzf harmony/pushy.har -C "$dir"
+          libs="$(find "$dir" -path '*/libs/*' -name 'librnpushy.so')"
+          test -n "$libs"
+          node scripts/check-binary-strings.js $libs
+
       - name: Type-check Harmony TS sources (required)
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/Example/expoUsePushy/ios/expoUsePushy.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Example/expoUsePushy/ios/expoUsePushy.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index c4a8bfb3..70d9760d 100644
--- a/Example/expoUsePushy/ios/expoUsePushy.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Example/expoUsePushy/ios/expoUsePushy.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 				"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/React-timing/React-timing_privacy.bundle",
 				"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/SSZipArchive/SSZipArchive.bundle",
 				"${PODS_ROOT}/../../node_modules/react-native-update/ios/pushy_build_time.txt",
-				"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-update/react-native-update_privacy.bundle",
+				"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-update/PushyPrivacy.bundle",
 			);
 			name = "[CP] Copy Pods Resources";
 			outputPaths = (
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH}/React-timing_privacy.bundle",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH}/SSZipArchive.bundle",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH}/pushy_build_time.txt",
-				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH}/react-native-update_privacy.bundle",
+				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH}/PushyPrivacy.bundle",
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
diff --git a/harmony/pushy/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/harmony/pushy/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 93325779..1e242470 100644
--- a/harmony/pushy/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/harmony/pushy/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ endif()
 # keep exporting PushyTurboModule (JSI_EXPORT) for the host's PackageProvider.
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     target_compile_options(rnpushy PRIVATE
+        # NAPI_MODULE records __FILE__; keep the build path out of the binary.
+        -fmacro-prefix-map=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/=
         -ffunction-sections
         -fdata-sections
         -fvisibility=hidden
diff --git a/ios/RCTPushy/RCTPushy.mm b/ios/RCTPushy/RCTPushy.mm
index f6d881a0..8a7c78b4 100644
--- a/ios/RCTPushy/RCTPushy.mm
+++ b/ios/RCTPushy/RCTPushy.mm
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 
 #import <React/RCTConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTLog.h>
+// RN's log macros pass __FILE__, which would embed this file's absolute build
+// path in the binary; log with the bare file name instead.
+#if RCTLOG_ENABLED
+#undef _RCTLog
+#define _RCTLog(lvl, ...) _RCTLogNativeInternal(lvl, __FILE_NAME__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+#endif
 #import <objc/runtime.h>
 #import <os/lock.h>
 
diff --git a/react-native-update.podspec b/react-native-update.podspec
index 3d27a6a1..8b48e5aa 100644
--- a/react-native-update.podspec
+++ b/react-native-update.podspec
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # Privacy manifest (required-reason APIs: disk space, file timestamps,
   # system boot time, user defaults) delivered as its own resource bundle so
   # static and dynamic integrations both carry it.
-  s.resource_bundles = { 'react-native-update_privacy' => ['ios/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy'] }
+  s.resource_bundles = { 'PushyPrivacy' => ['ios/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy'] }
 
   s.dependency 'React'
   s.dependency "React-Core"
diff --git a/scripts/check-binary-strings.js b/scripts/check-binary-strings.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37f07526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-binary-strings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Fails when a shipped native binary carries update/patch/rescue/reload wording
+// in its string table (the `strings` view of the file): class and method names,
+// log text, source paths and the like are kept neutral or encoded
+// (scripts/encode-native-text.ts). Usage:
+//   node scripts/check-binary-strings.js <binary>...
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const WORDING = /update|patch|rescue|reload|hotfix/i;
+const MIN_LENGTH = 4;
+
+function printableRuns(buffer) {
+  const runs = [];
+  let start = -1;
+  for (let i = 0; i <= buffer.length; i++) {
+    const byte = i < buffer.length ? buffer[i] : 0;
+    const printable = byte >= 0x20 && byte < 0x7f;
+    if (printable && start < 0) {
+      start = i;
+    } else if (!printable && start >= 0) {
+      if (i - start >= MIN_LENGTH) {
+        runs.push(buffer.toString('latin1', start, i));
+      }
+      start = -1;
+    }
+  }
+  return runs;
+}
+
+function findWording(file) {
+  return printableRuns(fs.readFileSync(file)).filter((run) => WORDING.test(run));
+}
+
+module.exports = { findWording };
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  const files = process.argv.slice(2);
+  if (files.length === 0) {
+    console.error('usage: check-binary-strings.js <binary>...');
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+  let failed = false;
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const hits = findWording(file);
+    if (hits.length) {
+      failed = true;
+      for (const hit of hits) {
+        console.error(`error: ${file} contains ${JSON.stringify(hit)}`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.log(`ok: ${file} has no update wording in its strings`);
+    }
+  }
+  process.exit(failed ? 1 : 0);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/verify-android-so.js b/scripts/verify-android-so.js
index f3b7cc33..b894a6c4 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-android-so.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-android-so.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const { findWording } = require('./check-binary-strings');
 
 const LIB_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'android', 'lib');
 const ABIS = ['arm64-v8a', 'armeabi-v7a', 'x86', 'x86_64'];
@@ -194,6 +195,14 @@ for (const abi of ABIS) {
     }
   }
 
+  const wording = findWording(soPath);
+  if (wording.length) {
+    for (const hit of wording) {
+      console.error(`error: ${soPath} contains ${JSON.stringify(hit)} in its strings`);
+    }
+    failed = true;
+  }
+
   const staticJni = [...symbols].filter((symbol) => symbol.startsWith('Java_'));
   if (staticJni.length) {
     for (const symbol of staticJni) {