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Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos (www.forbes.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's a link to it in PlayStore. It mentions some of the features it is a dependency for.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

I saw that, that's what I meant by "it sounds like it has the capabilities to spy", something that can do all those things must have lots of access and could provide perfect cover for any number of undesirable processes.