hey so google is just straight up installing spyware on your shit if you have an android. ai-driven content classification that just looks at shit you look at and decides what to mask/remove. www.protectstar.com/en/blog/andr... - ThreadSky

nothingxs.net • 89 days ago

hey so google is just straight up installing spyware on your shit if you have an android. ai-driven content classification that just looks at shit you look at and decides what to mask/remove.

https://www.protectstar.com/en/blog/android-system-safetycore-hidden-installation-and-what-you-should-know

Comments

nothingxs.net•89 days ago

this is absolutely fucking insane and an enormous breach of trust.

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/google-confirms-android-safetycore.html

chindogg.bsky.social•89 days ago

Thanks just uninstalled it

ljramos.bsky.social•88 days ago

Fuck all of them !I wish I had a land line .

btpowered.bsky.social•88 days ago

Found it, removed it.

alope.bsky.social•88 days ago

Best way to report this on Google Play? If enough of us make a stink... well, idk

hamburgerjack.bsky.social•88 days ago

If you go into app info when you uninstall it takes you to Google play store! You can report there/leave a bad review

ph00tbag.bsky.social•88 days ago

Uninstalled. Thanks for the heads up.

randomcontributor.bsky.social•89 days ago

And into the trash it went. Thank you.

junklion.bsky.social•89 days ago

christ, just uninstalled this, thanks for the heads up

caliginouseventide.bsky.social•88 days ago

thank you niffo

grandmoffjoseph.bsky.social•88 days ago

📌

sharpiepls.com•89 days ago

what the actual fuck

moonbowplushie.bsky.social•88 days ago

Unnecessary scaremongering. "Spyware"? Why use any electronic device at this point, everything can be broadly classified as spyware.
Actual information on what it is and what it does: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/5-new-protections-on-google-messages.html?m=1

nasleaf.eevee.center•88 days ago

This article is from Google themselves...

moonbowplushie.bsky.social•88 days ago

...the point being?

nasleaf.eevee.center•88 days ago

Breaking news: people who made sus thing reassure you that it is in fact totally not sus

moonbowplushie.bsky.social•88 days ago

You know, if I were Google, instead of spying on people using a service that anyone can uninstall, I'd probably add a backdoor with much higher privileges to some critical, not uninstallable component of Android and have it report back everything, but that's just me.

nasleaf.eevee.center•88 days ago

I mean I'm not saying it's full on criminal spyware shit I'm still on the fence but people at this point are rightful to have those suspicions at this point and "guys this is totally fine software" coming from themselves isn't going to help

moonbowplushie.bsky.social•88 days ago

Believe me, I REALLY don't like Google. But what I also don't like is misinformation. Because what you'll end up getting is a bunch of people who don't understand anything skip installing critical security patches because "They're trying to install spyware on my device!"

gilbot9000.bsky.social•88 days ago

I can't find it. It's possible it hasn't been updated on my phone yet. I'll check in the morning in case it happens overnight. Thank you.

nothingxs.net•88 days ago

good! it does get pushed again which sucks. no idea how to block apps from being installed without just flashing my phone, and this needs to get unlocked off tmobile.

blackcrowcolin.bsky.social•88 days ago

Just FYI I could not find it either by searching my apps. I had to click on this direct link to the app store to see that it was installed. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore