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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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[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

I just un-installed it

Anyone know what Android System Intelligence does? Should that be un-installed as well?

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 points 3 hours ago

You can safely uninstall System Intelligence if you don't need it. My phone has worked fine without it in the past year.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ they're like bed bugs

Is it too much to ask that my phone only contain the shit that makes it work, and not anything else?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Its a classic example of using "BUT THE CHILDREN" to be invasive dickheads.

And it immediately reminds me of the story of the guy whose kid had a rash in the diaper area during covid, and the pediatrician requested pictures to remotely diagnose and treat, which google flagged as child pornography and called the cops on him, and banned/locked him out of everything (phone number, emails, pictures, etc etc) because he had everything on google.

and no amount of the police, or even doctor, insisting the pictures were medical necessity and not child pornography would convince google to restore his acount or even let him recover his number/email/pictures/etc.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

The fact that Google refused to restore his account even after the police that they called said there was no child porn pisses me off to no end. They are officially allowed to close your account for no reason other than they don't like you.

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I'm not seeing it on my S22, but I am seeing system intelligence. What is it?