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You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

developers.google.com/android/

Google for DevelopersGoogle System APK Transparency  |  Android Binary Transparency  |  Google for Developers

@jack Its time to renew my project to de-google my phone. Its hard since I'm still in the US and most good phone are in the EU.

any recommendation on a good phone to start with?

@mral It seems that #Murena and thus #Fairphone is available in the USA:

murena.com/america/products/sm

I can't say that much about Murena and their (degoogled) OS, but I've been a happy Fairphone user for almost a decade now (both #degoogled and stock).

#CalyxOS is a good OS choice, check out their supported devices:

calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-

#GrapheneOS looks pretty good, too - but it only runs on google's pixel (which admittedly is one of the most open phones around).

grapheneos.org/

murena.comMurena Smartphones – Murena – deGoogled phones and services
crabby

@jack @mral

+1 for graphene, it's all you need and more.
You can even buy pixels where it is preinstalled, if you have some cash and don't feel like hacking yourself.