Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Automatic AI-powered screen lock for when your phone is snatched. Theft Detection Lock is a powerful new feature that uses Google AI to sense if someone snatches your phone from your hand and tries to run, bike or drive away.
Does it mean, that "Google AI" will running 24/7 in background, measuring how I use my phone, with an access to accelerometers data and location data?
Always has been.
Came here to say that
Google already does that
All of the biggest surveillance tracking was under the guise of anti-theft. Lojack, Intel ME anti theft, etc
"It's for your own good. trust us, we promise it's only for good stuff"
Ya, kinda feel that. I mean Apple has the best anti theft features,yet they are stolen regularly 😔
Do you have proofs that Intel ME was actually used for tracking?
😂😂 found one of 'em
😂😂 this is all very funny, bud, but if you make such assumptions without proofs you will quickly go insane.
Inel ME is ridiculously complex for the goal of collecting telemetry. Intel uses drivers for that purpose.
ME is likely used for security. Not yours, though:
cope, but also seethe. dilate, even.
How about you let me save the application data for myself and keep it secure on my equipment first, Google? Uff, going through the salvaging process of the data on my near-broken phone is being the most excruciating thing I've done recently because they just won't let you access and save it unless you rely on their cloud... which I might eventually just do, just wished it'd at least be a 100% safe way to get everything, but no, they had to put the decision to be backed up into the applications' hands ;-;
Best libre replacements?
It has been abandoned for about 5 years so I wouldn't use it. Also obligatory lemmygrad complaint.
It does only 1 thing and does it well. Has absolutely no connection (Wi-Fi, data, BT). How is that dangerous? I genuinely don't know, which is why I'm asking.
There is no one to find and fix security holes. Also it requires a not of privileges so if something goes wrong you are in trouble.
It is not as big of deal when it is something trivial like a game. The problem is when it is controlling critical system functions with high levels of permissions