Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos
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I'm curious about this. I've got a Pixel 6 and noticed that the battery started going to shit about a month or so ago? I couldn't find an install date for SafetyCore, but it was listed in my apps. I've uninstalled it now. It'll be interesting to see if that was causing it.
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GrapheneOS — an Android security developer — provides some comfort, that SafetyCore “doesn’t provide client-side scanning used to report things to Google or anyone else. It provides on-device machine learning models usable by applications to classify content as being spam, scams, malware, etc. This allows apps to check content locally without sharing it with a service and mark it with warnings for users.”
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Just for verifying accuracy and improving the product.
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- Updates them for you
- Scans them for you
- Removes ones for you if Google (often correctly) deems them to be threats to your device
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Thanks for bringing this up, first I've heard of it. Not present on my GrapheneOS pixel, present on stock.
I suppose I should encourage pixel owners to switch from stock to graphene, I know which decide I rather spend time using. GrapheneOS one of course.
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Play Store, it doesn't show in local search results, but they list it as installed.
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I've looked into it.l briefly. Did you have any issues switching? I'm concerned about how some apps I need would function.
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Seriously…. Why do people continue to buy their products? They’re seemingly one of the most invasive security risks one could be involved with.
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why, what do you recommend? I mean you have just disclaime the whole android ecosystem, and the only other alternative is Apple, which is questionable if it's better
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why, what do you recommend?
I mean you have just disclaime the whole android ecosystem, and the only other alternative is Apple, which is questionable if it's better.
and this would have even applied to my fairphone!
would have, if I didn't get rid of google services the day I got it. -
I don’t have to recommend anything just because I’m asking why people are buying spyware tech.
Just like I may not know the proper way to safely jump out of an airplane, but I do know a parachute is involved.
A person asking why people do a thing that seems stupid isn’t obligated to solve the people.
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I don’t have to recommend anything just because I’m asking why people are buying spyware tech.
Just like I may not know the proper way to safely jump out of an airplane, but I do know a parachute is involved.
A person asking why people do a thing that seems stupid isn’t obligated to solve the people.
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I just realized the network error made me doubly post my comment, I've deleted the other copy
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No worries. Happens to all of us.
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an app on all Android
not my android
BTW did anyone reverse engineer it? Or doing rn (I'm HTH)?
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I did a fair amount of research before the switch to find alternatives to Google services, some I've replaced, others I felt were too much of a hassle for my phone usage.
I've kept my original pixel stock, the hardest part about switching this one over was plugging it in and following the instructions.
I'm hoping to get rid of my stock OS pixel soon, it would appear my bank hasn't blocked it's app on Graphene, unlike Uber.
For the rest I'll either buy a cheap af shitbox to use purely for banking and Uber (if it comes to that).
If you've any other questions I'm happy to help find then answers with you, feel free to DM me.
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Jesus thanks for posting this. Found it on my LG ThinQ.
Anyone have a fairphone? Thoughts about it?
