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Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos (www.forbes.com)
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Per one tech forum this week: “Google has quietly installed an app on all Android devices called ‘Android System SafetyCore’. It 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.”

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The Firefox Phone should've been a real contender. I just want a browser in my pocket that takes good pictures and plays podcasts.

[–] StefanT@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately Mozilla is going the enshittification route more and more. Or good in this case that the Firefox Phone did not take of.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is there some good Chromium browser with hardware video decoder support and a working adblocker, that is not Brave? Or which Firefox fork is recommended?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm sticking with Gecko for sure. Trying out Waterfox over the weekend on desktop, and Fennec F-Droid on my phone.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

cromite for chrome, and ironfox for firefox?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

too bad firefox is going through the way like google, they are updating thier privacy terms of usage.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep. I'm furious at Mozilla right now. But when the Firefox Phone was in development, they were one of the web's heroes.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it says its only for LLM? as long as they dont try to expand the "privacy" in any case i download alternatives to the browsers anyways.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'm mostly just frustrated that the best option has now become merely the lesser evil.