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Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers (cybernews.com)
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[–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So...

  1. They really don't care about that stuff
  2. They are using your own phone's processing power to scan, not theirs. I'm sure they have a phone-home mechanism, but they have no vested interest in scanning server-side when they can do it phone-side.
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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    As I said to borari, when stuff involves lots (GiBs) of nonindexed files (my private art) and a smartphone whose hardware can barely make a distilled Llama/Gemma to spit out a "The sum of the squares of the sides is the square of the hypotenuse" (yes, I did try local LLMs so I'm aware of my hardware limits), they would have no choice other than phone home, and thus carrying haunting voices through the ongoing call.

    Also, they have some inner desire to hoard people's data for training their clanker. Except the data can (and will) be poisoned, thus poisoning the well.

    !technology@lemmy.world

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    I appreciate the spirit of reistance, also +1 for the left hand path, however, the broader society needs a more solid solution to these privacy-invading and covertly installing apps. I get it you're doing the best you know how. I am in the same boat. But we need something more solid for the long term.

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