Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos
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it had a ridiculous amount of safeties to protect people’s privacy
The hell it did, that shit was gonna snitch on its users to law enforcement.
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There are two solutions for that. One is Waydroid, which is basically what you're describing. Another is android_translation_layer, which is closer to WINE in that it translates API calls to more native Linux ones, although that project is still in the alpha stages.
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Sure it can:
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Aegis is amazing for standard TOTP (6 digit code that changes every 30 minutes), but there are also proprietary OTP that require own apps and usually do not support export and would require to set it up from 0. Microsoft for example have push notifications that I love and prefer over TOTP, but for recovery purposes I have TOTP added in Aegis as well so if I ever loose MS Authenticator data, I will not be locked out.
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Yeah, so do the rest of the system apps, and the OS itself. Why is everyone freaking out about this one all of a sudden?
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Apple had it report suspected matches, rather than warning locally
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Google did end up doing exactly that, and what happened was, predictably, people were falsely accused of child abuse and CSAM.
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Forbes states that there is no indication that this app can or will "phone home".
That doesn't mean that it doesn't. If it were open source, we could verify it. As is, it should not be trusted.
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Doing the scanning on-device doesn't mean that the findings cannot be reported further. I don't want others going thru my private stuff without asking - not even machine learning.
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That would definitely be better.
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I didn't understand the value of fdroid all since it feels like a web wrapper. Thanks to you finally pulled the trigger on Obtanium. Omg that's simple af
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Thanks. Uninstalled. Not that it matters, they already got what they wanted from me most likely.
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Smartest Google Defender
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Looks like more of a chance of false positives happening and getting the police to raid your home to confiscate your devices. I don't care what the article says I know Google is getting access to that data because that's who they are.
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For those that have issues on Samsung devices: see here if you're getting the "App not installed as package conflicts with an existing package" error :
If you have a Samsung device - uninstall the app also from Knox Secure Folder.
Entering to Secure Folder>Settings>Apps -
Tracking maybe, but how is the Play Store managing my apps?
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Thanks. Uninstalled and reported. Hopefully they'll get the hint. I love my Android, but this is pushing me towards Graphene/Calyx.
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Is there any indication that Apple is truly more secure and privacy conscious over Android? Im kinda tired of Google and their oversteps.
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I have 5 kids. I'm almost certain my photo library of 15 years has a few completely innocent pictures where a naked infant/toddler might be present. I do not have the time to search 10,000+ pics for material that could be taken completely out of context and reported to authorities without my knowledge.
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The Graphene devs say it's a local only service.
Open source would be better (and I can easily see open source alternatives being made if you're not locked into a Google Android-based phone), but the idea is sound and I can deny network privileges to the app with Graphene so it doesn't matter if it does decide to one day try to phone home... so I'll give it a shot.
