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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live
(www.forbes.com)
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It's also that the existing software like the photo apps or pre installed sync apps doesn't help either. Eg. In android it's all automatically synced to Google drive etc. You really need to turn it all off, either later or during the first mobile setup. Those big companies make it difficult on purpose to switch to alternatives, while by default enabling their own vendor lock in software. Same for iOS. Same for MacOS and same for Microsoft Windows.
If we truly want to change the world, we need to fix the root cause. And make a better alternative to android and iOS..