nullagentFeb 8, 2025

Major privacy alert for Android users.

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jack/113952225452466068

@jack #Privacy #Android #cybersecurity

jack (@[email protected])

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 threadnullagentFeb 8, 2025

For folks looking for exactly how the Android client side image scanning works or if it's present see the below. 👇🏿

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/113966306389483827

nullagent (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image The system definitely scans photos for nudity already. Today they claim the feature only runs on certain apps but as we've seen with Apple and various world governments there's a major tendency for these sorts of features to creep into all of your content whether that's what Google intended in their first release or not. https://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/5-new-protections-on-google-messages.html @[email protected] @[email protected]

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Show threadnullagentFeb 8, 2025

A few folks are questioning if AI scanning like what Android is doing can be missused. The last time a similar feature was coming to Apple's iOS the media rightly described it as an extremely dangerous warrantless surveillance tool.

Regardless of what Android developers intended this client side scanner to do it will be enlisted by governments of the world to spy on you and break strong encryption.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/01/csam-scanning-flaw/

#privacy #cybersecurity #apple #android #ai #clientsidescanning

Apple finally admits the CSAM scanning flaw we all pointed out

Almost nine months after Apple confirmed that it had abandoned plans to carry out CSAM scanning, the company has finally...

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Show threadnullagentFeb 8, 2025

And if you look at the current reporting on Apple and government requests for your private data...

"The encrypted data of millions of Apple users worldwide could reportedly be handed over to the government.

The Home Office has ordered Apple to let it access encrypted data stored in its cloud service, The Washington Post reported."

Demanding access to every last bit you have in any cloud is normal government stuff these days

https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/08/privacy-fears-millions-government-demands-access-messages-photos-22520358/

#UKPol #EU #UK #Apple #Privacy #HomeOffice

Privacy fears for millions after government demands access to messages and photos

The encrypted data of millions of Apple users worldwide could reportedly be handed over to the government.

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Show threadFerryoons
@nullagent And the Home Office can fuck right off
Feb 8, 2025 at 3:29pmWeb