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jack Feb 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

Google System APK Transparency | Android Binary Transparency | Google for Developers

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AL Feb 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?

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Zeem

@mral @jack Have another +1 for /e/OS on Fairphone 4, really good Android experience but on a phone that's both super repairable and highly privacy-oriented. And of course, as little Google as you like.