When? Because when these first caugh public scrutiny, and indeed how they avoided it so long, they could not be. Did you just doso tofay or yesterday, possibly after Google could have pushed an update to make it appear n the apps list?
It's genuinely disgusting that you can search for them word for word in the Google Play app store (it even comes up as an autocomplete suggestion after the first word) and it won't return a result, like it's not there and doesn't even exist.
The third ammendment should have been a privacy version of the first, instead of about quartering soldiers, which turned out not to be that big of a deal.
The only thing special about apple is - they are the only massive company with the balls to say the UK government was blackmailing them to add a backdoor…
Google and facebook would have complied so quickly it would have made the French collaborators feel shame.
Google and Facebook would have complied by giving the United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters the password to their own backdoor system.
It uses end-to-end encryption keys to verify the identity of the person you're messaging with. Going to be fun when the UK Government formally bans E2EE outright and that app can't work (as well as Meta, Signal et al leaving the UK market).
So, you're actually verifying nothing, and almost certainly using compromised keys that can be easily reversed later.
Unless "verifying the identity" involves you and the other person PHYSICALLY exchanging key material that you DIRECTLY generated between yourselves in person you do NOT have anything like E2EE.
You guys do realize that Play Services (required for a lot of apps to function correctly) can already access anything it wants on your phone, right? It's a system privileged app and it has every permission granted to it. These apps are literally just Google breaking what was OS functionality into separate apps so they can be updated independently from OEM firmware upgrades.
Just the useful
And the other
If there's more I'm sure the OP will supply an image for you to go and hunt for yourselves.
For the record these can't be uninstalled from within your Android on the platform it provides at the moment. Only via the Google Play link.
Lawsuits ahoy regardless.
what are you talking about? i can uninstall it by going in to settings and looking for it on apps
Bully for you!
I couldn't.
I used the links I provided.
Maybe others will too.
Have an award!
When? Because when these first caugh public scrutiny, and indeed how they avoided it so long, they could not be. Did you just doso tofay or yesterday, possibly after Google could have pushed an update to make it appear n the apps list?
i deleted a day before i posted this thread
Thanks for that, really.
It's genuinely disgusting that you can search for them word for word in the Google Play app store (it even comes up as an autocomplete suggestion after the first word) and it won't return a result, like it's not there and doesn't even exist.
The third ammendment should have been a privacy version of the first, instead of about quartering soldiers, which turned out not to be that big of a deal.
Thank for the links. That was super useful :D
Thank you. These were a Godsend. I couldn't uninstall these from the settings on my phone.
Glad to have been of some use King ;)
The only thing special about apple is - they are the only massive company with the balls to say the UK government was blackmailing them to add a backdoor…
Google and facebook would have complied so quickly it would have made the French collaborators feel shame.
Google and Facebook would have complied by giving the United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters the password to their own backdoor system.
Apple is active in China.
There's only one way to make that happen.
Don't fool yourself.
These companies want money. They could give a fuck how "cool" you think their policies are. You will be sold out the moment it's convenient for them.
Android System Intelligence is another one -- AI slop. Nothing surprising when owning a phone from the Goolag.
It doesn't give me the option to uninstall that one.
You might be able to disable it instead, which sometimes has the added bonus of sticking (as opposed to the deleted app reinstalling itself).
I did but iirc they usually reactivate themselves after a short period of time.
It uses end-to-end encryption keys to verify the identity of the person you're messaging with. Going to be fun when the UK Government formally bans E2EE outright and that app can't work (as well as Meta, Signal et al leaving the UK market).
Before I remove it from mine, will I still be able to text people afterward?
Probably yes, but I have to be sure.
Yes
"verify the identity."
Yea, and who provides the identity? Google?
So, you're actually verifying nothing, and almost certainly using compromised keys that can be easily reversed later.
Unless "verifying the identity" involves you and the other person PHYSICALLY exchanging key material that you DIRECTLY generated between yourselves in person you do NOT have anything like E2EE.
It's a fucking sham.
All you noobs should have been using Pixels with Graphene, none of these things are on modfied OSs.
What's that
Yep, just checked my sandboxed Google login on my Pixel with Graphene OS and none of these were present.
I removed the key verifier and my banking app stopped working. I had to reinstall it.
Joke's on them. My phone is so old and shitty that it doesn't have 2GB free to fill with this shit.
You guys do realize that Play Services (required for a lot of apps to function correctly) can already access anything it wants on your phone, right? It's a system privileged app and it has every permission granted to it. These apps are literally just Google breaking what was OS functionality into separate apps so they can be updated independently from OEM firmware upgrades.
For privacy, obviously a de-Googled or alternative phone is necessary, but if nothing else then some of these actions might save some battery life.
Kept my phone on dev mode and disabled a whole bunch of auto updater shit, haven't updated in years
I also have it in Dev mode and all auto updates are disabled. I still had those apps installed.
The SafetyCore app was introduced in October 2024, so it was installed without my permission or knowledge.
Same here. Dev mode, auto updates all disabled. App was present and running. Cleared it out now and will be watching to see if it comes back soon.
Greatly appreciated. Uninstalled mine and will recommend to friends and family.
> Rated 3+
Interesting, Google spyware deliberately targeting three year olds.