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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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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Basically, ot scans all files and shit like an antivirus does on windows? Oks

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Seriously…. Why do people continue to buy their products? They’re seemingly one of the most invasive security risks one could be involved with.

[–] null@slrpnk.net -2 points 1 day ago

Most people don't really know what that actually means, and they don't feel they have anything to hide from some nebulous corporate entity.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 0 points 2 days ago

Google photos has been "searchable by name" for years now. Tell it the name of a face in one photo and it can go search (pretty successfully) through all your photos for other photos containing that person. And, of course, once told, it never forgets.

Is it still a service when you are the product? Or, are you being served? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)

[–] zecg@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is the stupidest shit, moral panic levels of miscomprehension. I mean, I was miffed and promptly removed safetycore because I don't mind seeing sex organs and don't want shit using battery for no reason, but wow ~~Forbes~~.

Edit: ok, the article is not so bad, just the shitty blurb from some forum reproduced here on Lemmy.

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