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You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning (www.androidauthority.com)
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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.

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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

An ungoogled android variant has to be a lot lesser of an evil, no?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Problem is that if you have a critical application (like banking) that relies on Google services you're SOL.

    It's Apple or Google at that point.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Just use the websites instead of the apps.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    GrapheneOS can sandbox apps to use the Google services only with permitted apps.

    Note I don't actually have a GrapheneOS capable phone at the moment, but I've been getting familiar with it in hopes of switching soon, so I'm just relaying what I've read.

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