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Even given all of the historical abuses of Google on Android you still believe an app permission is acting in good faith when Google has hooks elsewhere into th
by windexh8er 1y ago
Even given all of the historical abuses of Google on Android you still believe an app permission is acting in good faith when Google has hooks elsewhere into the OS?
Google has already been successfully sued this year in CA for siphoning off data from phones that are idle and the remainder of states is in process [0].
[0] https://www.androidauthority.com/google-314-million-verdict-misuse-android-user-data-3573164/ https://www.androidauthority.com/google-314-million-verdict-...
- lern_too_spel 1y agoThat lawsuit was for using metered cell data not for "siphoning off data." You can look at the Android source code and verify that the Gemini app cannot bypass the permission system. This is unlike iOS, where Apple apps get special access.