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submitted 1 month ago by flork@lemy.lol to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I recently asked the /c/Android community what information Google has access to on stock Android, assuming the user is not using any Google apps, and was told Google has full "unstoppable" access to the entire device, including Signal messages, the microphone, duckduckgo search history and anything displayed on the screen at all times.

Does this mean that encrypted messaging is essentially pointless to use on Android? I'm a newb here so go easy on me.

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[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Currently, no (other than the microphone). Android apps are sandboxed and the Signal app encrypts its data so it isn't readable from the outside. There is however a real concern if using keyboards with predictive text, because the keyboard knows what you're typing into Signal.

[-] flork@lemy.lol 13 points 1 month ago

Someone at Google could hear what a device's microphone is picking up at all times?

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