Next on Google's list, blood draw for sign-in.
Sp*rm sample.
Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account
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Yes— they spy on every pic and text upload. They literally are big brother.
I uploaded a picture to Google Maps once. They told me they needed to access my photos to be able to upload the picture. A week later I get a notification “hey do you want to upload this photograph of a restaurant you took at location x?”. So Google Maps was busy rifling through my photos while I was going about my day-to-day business. Creepy, gross and repulsive.
Yes, they scan your photos and text and look for reasons to report you to a government agency. They can completely misinterpret or fabricate what you have with no real controls other than good faith.
For somethings I think they are legally obligated to do this. It is creepy.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
I uploaded a picture to Google Maps once. They told me they needed to access my photos to be able to upload the picture. A week later I get a notification “hey do you want to upload this photograph of a restaurant you took at location x?”. So Google Maps was busy rifling through my photos while I was going about my day-to-day business. Creepy, gross and repulsive.
GrapheneOS has storage scopes which make the app think it has full folder/file access but in reality you can choose the exact files or folders to give access. It helps keep invasive apps in line.
So does iOS. That's why this caught me by surprise. Does Android not have this built in?
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#114The fact that most people will love this is depressing.
Can you please explain why it is depressing? This feature is widely celebrated in the accessibility user groups in India, since the traditional sign-in methods have been proven to be a major friction point for users with special needs.
Total Panopticon.
If you think it's good for accessibility make it optional. This will be mandatory.
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The same reason age identity verification is getting a lot of push back..? This is dystopian on another level. We are gong to reach a state of total digital surveillance without regulation at this point.
Then regulate. The feature itself is useful, not depressing.
This doesn't work at all. There is no magic fairy that will create good regulation.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
GrapheneOS has storage scopes which make the app think it has full folder/file access but in reality you can choose the exact files or folders to give access. It helps keep invasive apps in line.
So does iOS. That's why this caught me by surprise. Does Android not have this built in?
On iOS, there's the picker for access. It doesnt trick the app into thinking it has full access. All apps should just be forced to use the private picker style which is convenient and private.
This feature is to make privacy-invasive apps, that want to snoop and degrade functionality if they don't, behave.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
GrapheneOS has storage scopes which make the app think it has full folder/file access but in reality you can choose the exact files or folders to give access. It helps keep invasive apps in line.
So does iOS. That's why this caught me by surprise. Does Android not have this built in?
On iOS, it tells the app you only gave it limited access, and that causes some apps to badger you for full access or refuse to work without full access.