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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live (www.forbes.com)
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Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.

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[–] 51 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The more offensive part is, Google Photos is not only the default image viewer on (Google's) Android, but (Google's) Camera app will only open pictures in it too. So it's cloud crap that's also literally programmed into a lot of people's cameras.

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  • [–] 41 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Check out https://github.com/CaramelFur/GPhotosShim which stops GCam from using Photos. This is why my gOS uses GCam with network denied (because it works way better on Pixels than the OSS equivalent).

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I tried this and a recommended fork just now, but I don't think you can use it unless you fully remove the default provider first. I have a locked phone and I think that makes it impossible for me

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Look at adb or LineageOS, otherwise make sure to factor it in for your next phone (second hand + a new battery replacement pack from iFixit works well these days, not as bad as you think doing it, Pixels 8 and above get 7 years of security updates).

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    The phone in question is the HMD Skyline, which gets a 9/10 on iFixit (and is a 0/10 on the software side, which they conveniently left out)

    I'll live without it and probably trade in the repairable phone (lol) but it really is a bummer

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