Firewalls are a great way to tell if new apps are secrely installed
Btw what is the key verifier thing?
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Bit out of the loop. What am I looking at?
Google is automatically installing an app on you phone that analyzes your media βto prevent you accidentally viewing nudesβ
Phew, I'm always terrified of that. It won't affect my gore folders, will it?
Videos of mass murders β οΈ
A tiny glimpse of a woman's breast βοΈ
Just as American Jesusβ’ would have wanted.
Google's secret app that scans your photos for CSAM, but my firewall is configured to autoblock newly installed apps from internet access, thus the notification alerting me an app is trying to access the internet.
Nothing about the app is secret, Google openly advertises it