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Google's Unannounced Update Scans All Your Photos


AI now monitors your photos without warning.

ForbesNew Gmail, Outlook Attacks—Stop Using Your Password And 2FABy Zak Doffman Google’s awkward moment relates to its SafetyCore, an Android system update that enables on-device image scanning that could do all kinds of things, but is currently focused on blurring or flagging sensitive content. Meanwhile, the furor around SafetyCore continues to build, with it clearly struggling to shake off the spyware implication of a system app with this underlying function being installed without notice or a specific opt-in/opt-out assurance. ForbesPolice Warn Parents—Delete Messaging App From Your Kid’s iPhone, AndroidBy Zak Doffman It also says that “by default, Google System services automatically updates your device with security, bug fixes, and new features.

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