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You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

What about LineageOS?

My guess is the problematic parts here aren't open source so they should never show up in Lineage OS?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Just... Disable it. You can switch to the old assistant.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The article says that they are changing their policy so that even if you turn it off it will still be feeding your actions to AI.

Read the article yo.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wish I knew how. Did this several times already, it always magically turns back on after a couple of weeks.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

is gemini on all androids? i remember there once was something called bixby, now when i accidentally hold the home button for too long it tells me to enable "circle". i've disabled all of those "smart" features but fuck knows what is going to get automatically installed in an update next week

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bixby is, or used to be, on Samsung phones.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Too bad we can't get a Linux OS.

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