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

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As someone who has never used Firefox only librewolf/mull/ironfox this analogy is asinine. Switching browsers is trivial and not at all like dealing with the threat of violence. It's exactly bullshit like this that is tiring. No one is really thinking just making unintelligent quips and reactions or parroting the bullshit of others.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

threat of violence

Do you understand what an analogy is?

Anyways, Firefox is the project. All of those other "projects" are mostly configuration changes of the upstream project- not even code changes.

When Firefox decides to become hostile to those "other" browsers you use- they'll be able to do fuck all about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Do you understand what an analogy is?

Yes, hence it being a shit one.

Anyways, Firefox is the project. All of those other "projects" are mostly configuration changes of the upstream project- not even code changes.

No, for example fennec for fdroid which is the base for mull or ironfox has multiple code deletes to remove unsolicited data sent to Google.

When Firefox decides to become hostile to those "other" browsers you use- they'll be able to do fuck all about it.

That's not how open Source works...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago

multiple code deletes

That's not how open Source works...

These projects focusing on configuration changes and feature removal demonstrates their lack of creative potential.

Who cares if they fork? They don't have the ability to do anything but sit on dead code at that point.