Google’s Unannounced Update Scans All Your Photos—One Click Stops It
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It was something like Android SafetyCore on mine. Searching only worked with a certain number of letters. The sneaky bastards don't make it easy to find.
I don't see it in my Android apps, nor can I find it in the Play store like in the article.
I wonder if my device is simply too old.
Check in Settings>Apps and then search for safety that's how I found it.
Just did that, both on my tablet and my phone. Can't find anything with the word "safety" in it.
Same here.
according to a comment on the article, apparently you have to look for "android safetycore" or something like that. make sure you're in the "all apps" area, and "include system apps" is checked if it's an option, just to be sure.
I found it, but I don't have the option to delete it when clicking on it.
Android system safety core.
you should have the uninstall option
I doubt that. I read it was installing on old devices and crashing them. What I did was Settings > Apps > All apps, then tap the 3 dots at the upper right corner to show system apps. It should show up on that list in some form. You can try using the search but as I said that was a little funky, although it did help in the end.
Revealing the system apps is what did it for me, thanks.
I tried again with Search (in Settings/App) and didn't find it.
I suggested the device being too old because I know the Play store wouldn't even return search results for mobile games that aren't compatible with your OS.
One way to make sure it's not installed is to find it in the browser play store, if it says "install" it's not installed.