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Google’s Unannounced Update Scans All Your Photos—One Click Stops It (www.forbes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by hypertown@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26233189

"Android System SafetyCore’ 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."

If you don't want to navigate android settings you can also simply uninstall it from the Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore

Additionaly you can install this placeholder app to prevent Google from reinstalling it every time it updates: https://github.com/daboynb/SafetyCore-placeholder

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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

(Edit: There were two screenshots here, showing wildly different ratings for the app on the DuckDuckGo results page and the Playstore itself. The comment below kindly reminded me that DDG doesn't update in real time. Duh. I apologise for posting too quickly.)

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ddg obviously hasnt updated it's cache. Safetnet is new. Had a high rating at 4k reviews and the obviously social media misrepresents it and ppl flock to the store to drop 56k+ reviews on something they now misunderstand. So in just a few weeks the rating has changed dramatically and now ddg needs to update the cached review score.

Not that reviews matter for this app.

this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025

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