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Major privacy alert for Android users.

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

@jack #Privacy #Android #cybersecurity

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.

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Gerbrand van Dieyen @gerbrandvd@mastodon.nl

@nullagent @jack I found it too:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore no idea how it ended up on my phone. No description either although you can enter the beta program ?

Feb 08, 2025, 18:27 · · Tusky · 0 · 0

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