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Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Pretty sure I disabled Gemini as one of the first things I did when I got my phone. But, yes when I read that, to me it did seem like a serious overreach for something that was going to be "on by default" for most users.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Remember when Google+ was the future?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish it had been. Circles were so much better than FB groups etc

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[–] besselj 63 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (4 children)

X is blocked on network level here, could you please copy&paste?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS @GrapheneOS We're going to be moving forward under the expectation that future Pixel devices may not meet the requirements to run GrapheneOS (https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices ) and may not support using another OS. We've been in talks with a couple OEMs about making devices and what it would cost. 1:02 AM · Jun 13, 2025

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Let's not stop at Google. Break them all up!

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago

“Google is making it easier for Google to pry into your personal data.”

“Water is making it easier for water to make you wet.”

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago

I guess my next phone is going to run NixOS.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apple has been seriously underperforming on their AI strategy.

Really makes it easy to keep using their devices.

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