I find it odd when people get upset at the idea of having access to their own aggregated data but almost never get upset when they hand over massive amounts of data to companies that can privately do the same things on their data.
Google already processes your Photos data, and while you get their facial recognition data pipeline fed back to you, there’s a fair bit of other analysis going on that you aren’t always seeing. But people aren’t generally complaining that they are scanning your photos for criminal activity or trying to maximize product engagement using the data.
But if suddenly they turn back over access to that deep analysis so you can ask a chatbot “what did I eat for my birthday two years ago and who was there” and get a description of the meal, who else was there, and relevant images without needing to scroll back your timeline - now it’s suddenly creepy and we don’t want it (even though literally all that information is already being processed at roughly the same level of fidelity already).
I think it’d be a huge win for privacy. People don’t understand how much data google has on them or what’s possible to do with it. This will illustrate it exactly and hopefully open people’s eyes to switching to privacy focused alternatives.
Wasn’t there one really close to this? AI created using people’s social media posts and stuff. Though I think in that it was meant for after someone died.
I’m not surprised, and I think that’s coming. For sure I see a character AI style “chat with grandma even after she’s passed on” as being a very lucrative business.
Sure it’s just an amalgamation of approximations of what they think she would say. But I’d put it at around 60% of people would think they’re actually speaking to Grandma beyond the grave.
6 months ago, it’s “we want to scan all devices for CSA media”, 2 months ago, “we want to scan all devices for DRM”, now, “we want to scan all devices for phishing”
They’re just rebranding the same thing over and over till nobody says anything… Get ready for it, guys, the end of privacy is here.
This has the potential to completely upend how Google licenses GMS and distributes Android, but we’ll have to wait and see exactly what remedies the judge in this case decides to levy.
From The Verge: "Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
So much this. I stopped using my Bluetooth headphones because they would connect while still inside the charging box (after done with charging). Super annoying and they’d run out of battery if I didn’t make sure to check if they had unloaded themselves from staying connected. Maybe crappy headphones design but the issue never happened when I manually unpaired them.
With Google owning VirusTotal and having Google Project Zero, I’m surprised Google doesn’t have its own equivalent to Windows Defender. AFAIK, Play Protect isn’t really that good at spotting malicious apps.
Microsoft Defender for Android (through Microsoft 365) is there for anyone paying for 365. IIRC, T-Mobile customers get Lookout Premium for free.
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