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Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos (www.forbes.com)
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Per one tech forum this week: “Google has quietly installed an app on all Android devices called ‘Android System SafetyCore’. It claims to be a ‘security’ application, but whilst running in the background, it collects call logs, contacts, location, your microphone, and much more making this application ‘spyware’ and a HUGE privacy concern. It is strongly advised to uninstall this program if you can. To do this, navigate to 'Settings’ > 'Apps’, then delete the application.”

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[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 12 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Thanks. Just uninstalled. What a cunts

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 6 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Do we have any proof of it doing anything bad?

Taking Google's description of what it is it seems like a good thing. Of course we should absolutely assume Google is lying and it actually does something nefarious, but we should get some proof before picking up the pitchforks.

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

Google is always 100% lying.
There are too many instances to list and I'm not spending 5 hours collecting examples for you.
They removed don't be evil long time ago

[–] tame@dormi.zone 2 points 21 hours ago

Why check any sources first when you can just blindly rage and assume the worst?

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113969399311251057

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