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jack

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

developers.google.com/android/

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Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc

@jack @mayintoronto while deleting that, I spotted "android system intelligence" app and disabled that too 🙁

Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc

@sbb @jack thanks - I've now re-enabled it, but disallowed some of the permissions.

Apso, by reading this I discovered "private compute services", which I've now disabled.

Feb 08, 2025, 01:10 PM·Quiet public
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