Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.

    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      2 days ago

      Nice thanks. I was getting annoyed with that and have recently degoogled. The camera appnseems good for pixels though. I might switch back now.

    • XLE@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      2 days ago

      I tried this and a recommended fork just now, but I don’t think you can use it unless you fully remove the default provider first. I have a locked phone and I think that makes it impossible for me

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        2 days ago

        Look at adb or LineageOS, otherwise make sure to factor it in for your next phone (second hand + a new battery replacement pack from iFixit works well these days, not as bad as you think doing it, Pixels 8 and above get 7 years of security updates).

        • XLE@piefed.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          2 days ago

          The phone in question is the HMD Skyline, which gets a 9/10 on iFixit (and is a 0/10 on the software side, which they conveniently left out)

          I’ll live without it and probably trade in the repairable phone (lol) but it really is a bummer

          • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            0/10 on the software side

            Sadly to be assumed these days unless proven otherwise, that or hardcore trapped in a walled garden…