390
You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 months ago by PrivacyDingus@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
181 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This has got to be a prank.

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Every new stupid implementation of AI feels like a prank.

[-] vane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

So it's still Your device not Gemini device. I'll wait couple of years.

[-] Fedditor385@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Gemini depends on the Google app, disable it, and it dies.

Have you noticed how the Google app, the one that supposedly just does search and list news articles, has like 400 MB? Over time it accumulated 2GB cache... how?

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] kepix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

this can be great for a disabled person i guess, i wonder if it works locally in a degoogled way

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] fannymcslap@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Laughs in eu

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

"We spent a lot of money on this, so you're going to have it."

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
390 points (99.5% liked)

Technology

75745 readers
418 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws