cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25156749
More Google Spyware to Enjoy!
I woke up this morning to find a new little friend on my phone! Android Safety Core.
So what is this great new application that was non-consentually installed on my device with no indicator that it ever was except an alert from Tracker Control.
There isn’t a of information on it, but essentially its an app that “protects” you from obscene images on your phone.
“One of the new features the company announced is called Sensitive Content Warnings. This is designed to give you more control over seeing and sending nude images. When enabled, it blurs images that might contain nudity before you view them and then prompts you with what Google calls a “speed bump” containing “help-finding resources and options, including to view the content.” The feature also kicks in and shows a so-called “speed bump” when you try to send or forward an image that might contain nudity.” - Android Authority
As for the Google play description, it’s very detailed about what your new friend entails.
Very descriptive.
So essentially it blurs any images of nudity that is sent to you or that is seen.
Obviously the app has to see all the images that are sent to you in order to do this. I’m sure this won’t be abused!
The Google reviews on this one sure aren’t happy.
You may want to remove this. It can be uninstalled. However to find it on the store you need to look up the link in your browser. I also provided it here.
Dont we all love google and what it does behind our backs for us?
TL;DR
Google recently non-consentually installed a new “safety” feature on our devices that blur any nude images that are sent to you or seen on your phone. They didn’t include any sort of update alert or anything and simply slipped it onto devices quietly. Here’s a link to the app where you can uninstall if you wish. Of course in order for an app to do this, it needs to see every photo that is ever sent to you. A clear privacy invasion if I say so myself.
Why YSK: Google is known to do things like this. Plus in this case, they did it silently. You may want to remove it.
“But it’s better than an iPhone!”
Lol
iPhone user here, iPhones are better than Android phones in some ways, Android phones are better than iPhones in others.
I have used both, I prefer iPhones.
A friend of mine have used both, he prefers Android.
Ding Dong 2012 called! They wanted their stale debate back
it is, imagine giving apple not only your time, and money, but your loyalty, hahahahahahahahahahaha. apple has sucked since the 80’s man. apple is for people that trust corporations, like religion. proprietary garbagetech bullshit.
And here you are, trusting a corporation named Google. Seems pretty hypocritical.
What are you talking about? This entire post is about not trusting Google.
Did you read this post, and what it’s about?
Show me how to disable similar things on iOS, I’m all ears.
This garbage is why I run AOSP (Lineage), without Google services, and don’t use garbage like Google Messages.
Again, show me how to do this with an Apple device. Oh, yea, you can’t.
And Google installing spyware on your phone is better?
Makes sense
They’re not installing it on mine. And for those still using Google Services, this very post talks about uninstalling it.
Show me how you do this with an iOS device when Apple decides to do on-device scanning for supposed CSAM. Like your pics of your kids in the bath, which auto uploads to iCloud.
Or the supposed encrypted iMessage
Except it doesn’t actually upload anything when it does on device scanning. That’s the whole point: it just sends a hash.
Seems like you don’t really know what you’re talking about