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Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Look at adb or LineageOS, otherwise make sure to factor it in for your next phone (second hand + a new battery replacement pack from iFixit works well these days, not as bad as you think doing it, Pixels 8 and above get 7 years of security updates).

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The phone in question is the HMD Skyline, which gets a 9/10 on iFixit (and is a 0/10 on the software side, which they conveniently left out)

I'll live without it and probably trade in the repairable phone (lol) but it really is a bummer

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

0/10 on the software side

Sadly to be assumed these days unless proven otherwise, that or hardcore trapped in a walled garden...