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Andrew Graves :arch: :linux: (graves501@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 22:03:11 JST Andrew Graves :arch: :linux:

If you have an #Android phone remove the newly installed app called "Android System SafetyCore".
Google installed it on your device without telling you since it scans all the images on your phone and all the images from incoming messages "to protect your #privacy "
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https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jack/113952225452466068
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  jack (@jack@mastodon.sdf.org)
  
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  You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device? If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy". You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps. https://developers.google.com/android/binary_transparency/google1p/overview

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