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
@blitzen@sfba.social@jack You remember Apple succumbing to public pressure and quietly never implementing it in the first place?
Edit: I’m gonna make a big addendum to this comment. While Apple *did* scrap plans for CSAM detection due to public pressure, they did implement an on-device mechanism for blurring “sensitive content.” A feature much like the one on Android in the original post here, although I’ve yet to find much transparency on the Android apps’ workings. This on-device functionality works like face detection, so if you’re okay with that there’s little reason to be alarmed.
@blitzen That's probably why google is so sneaky about it.
@CatHerder
Try using search
On my Note 9 it didn't show on my apps list in Settings until I searched for it
@CatHerder@mstdn.social@DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
I did search the whole phone. Thanks.
@CatHerder @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
for anyone, not just people i am replying to:
what i did was go to the Google Play store and search for Android SafetyCore
when it found the app in the store, i was given the "uninstall' option
that was how i located and removed it - search did not help -
i'm sure there are other ways! but this was easiest for me and maybe others too
@CatHerder@mstdn.social@rustoleumlove @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
Thank you! I'll try that.
youre welcome!
@rustoleumlove @CatHerder @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen Weird, I could not find it in the Play Store. But when I went to my phone's list of apps, there it was, big as life. Uninstalled.
@courtcan @CatHerder @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
this happened to my friend - no sign of it in the search or in the app store, as of about 3pm CST today. (i did my search and removal several hours ago..)
i have no clue what's up with this.
anyway, i hope people are able to find it and remove it
@paelse @rustoleumlove @CatHerder @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen I wonder though if this means we'll have to do this over and over again. Or at least check for the damn app after every phone update.
@CatHerder@mstdn.social@courtcan @paelse @rustoleumlove @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
I'm not techy to the point of knowing or noticing those things. When someone posts about these creepy tactics, I take their advice!
So few people protect their privacy these days, but it's a big deal to me; I appreciate the people looking out for it.
@tadc47@hostux.social@courtcan @rustoleumlove @CatHerder @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
I catch it... Can't figure how remove it on my mi9 ROM stock
@tadc47@hostux.social@courtcan @rustoleumlove @CatHerder @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen done,
Settings, apps, use the search bar and begin write ''Android...'' it appears.
Thank u all
@CatHerder@mstdn.social@rustoleumlove @DelilahTech @jack @blitzen
Yay! It's gone! Thanks!