We thought Google hit rock bottom with #privacy.
Its new beta feature on Google Files for #Android called “Smart Search" is the trap door.
This creepy new feature on by default & scans every file on your phone. Why is this bad? Because it could potentially ruin your life. (1/3)
Here is one man’s nightmare: https://nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html – don’t let that be you. Turn this feature off if you opted into the beta for Google Files today.
Thanks to BasicCatBR on Twitter for alerting us to this new feature so we could let our community know. (3/3)
Here's how to turn it off:
@protonmail this happened to a Swedish man too. He took pictures of him and his boyfriend in the act, and mailed them over Yahoo mail. It got screened by an American organisation and flagged, and shortly after he got assaulted by police, in his home, in bed, at like 4AM.
He was beaten and taken away, and only MUCH later when shown the pictures could he explain that they’d fucked up and mistaken his THIRTY year old BF for a minor.
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