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Probably related to those .bin files in the jar? 
You can check https://pair.biglybt.com/pairing/web/view?ac= which might help you debug the connection info. Obviously, don't post your access code or IP's here, but hopefully something there will be off or point...
See https://www.biglybt.com/privacy-android.php for a more detailed list of what is sent for the Android app. Android client doesn't use google for searching, however, it still uses www.google.com to determine which...
I will put in an option to disable rpc.biglybt.com access (the app start logger) in the next version. That seems pretty trivial. The version.biglybt.com might be a bit harder, since...
If I had to make an educated guess, these scripts started off simple posix shell scripts, but as time and went on, different devs went with whatever was easier or...

If you change a directory, the app should use the new SAF dialog and grant permissions. If the app isn't doing that, please provide more details.