jackFeb 5, 2025

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

https://developers.google.com/android/binary_transparency/google1p/overview

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Show threadALFeb 5, 2025

@jack Its time to renew my project to de-google my phone. Its hard since I'm still in the US and most good phone are in the EU.

any recommendation on a good phone to start with?

Show threadjackFeb 6, 2025

@mral It seems that #Murena and thus #Fairphone is available in the USA:

https://murena.com/america/products/smartphones/?wcpbc-manual-country=US

I can't say that much about Murena and their (degoogled) OS, but I've been a happy Fairphone user for almost a decade now (both #degoogled and stock).

#CalyxOS is a good OS choice, check out their supported devices:

https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support

#GrapheneOS looks pretty good, too - but it only runs on google's pixel (which admittedly is one of the most open phones around).

https://grapheneos.org/

Murena Smartphones – Murena – deGoogled phones and services

Show threadschnittchen 🏳️‍🌈​ 🔜 EasterHegg, GPNFeb 6, 2025
@jack @mral Stock Fairphone has that App installed.
Show threadEmpathicQubitFeb 6, 2025
@schnittchen
I'm using LineageOS microg on my FP4 and I don't see that app
@jack @mral
Show threadAndreasFeb 8, 2025

@empathicqubit

Same setup for me (FP4 + LOS22) and here it's installed:
Version 1.0.718345453
com.google.android.safetycore

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@ePD5qRxX @empathicqubit

Do you have Google Services Framework installed? Or Google Play?

Feb 8, 2025 at 8:50amTusky
Show threadAndreasFeb 8, 2025

@jcast

I guess framework (or whatever the content of MindTheGApps is) 🤷‍♂️

https://gitlab.com/MindTheGapps

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Show threadEmpathicQubitFeb 8, 2025
@ePD5qRxX
To me the entire point of using microg is that you can use other apps without installing gapps. I mainly use F-Droid apps, and Aurora Store for Play apps.
@jcast