Gemini Users: We're Going to Look at Your Texts Whether You Like It or Not
50 points by miles 1 week ago | 30 comments- fluidcruft 1 week agoI'm all for hating Google or whatever but this just sounds like they're finally giving Gemini all the missing Google Assistant parts. You know so you can tell the damn thing to do things like add a new todo to todoist. Basic shit that worked years ago before Gemini broke it all and made it only work with Google's own apps in a monopolistic fashion Apple would be proud of.
What's confusing about disabling any Gemini integrations in your apps? Don't want Gemini to access todoist? Turn it off or deny the permission or whatever. So scary. This is basic Android 101.
- jajuuka 1 week agoYeah this seems to be a standard AI scare mongering article for clicks. Seen a couple places run the same story. Not sure how people are able to read this as "Google is forcing you to send all texts to them."
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- thisislife2 1 week agoJust when I was thinking about getting an Android phone (ofcourse, I'd degoogle it - but then this is like playing whack a mole). Guess I'll just get an old OnePlus 6t or Sony Xperia and install Sailfish OS on it instead.
- pier25 1 week agoI don't love iOS but boy I'm glad I switched to an iPhone recently.
- theandrewbailey 1 week agoI didn't think that I would be happy that I run de-googled Android so soon.
- thrtythreeforty 1 week agoSeriously. There are times when I think "man Graphene is a bit of a hassle" but lots of times when I think "oh Google's being creepy jerks again, pretty sure it doesn't affect me."
If you didn't explicitly install and grant permission, it doesn't run on Graphene. It's such a nice default.
- attendant3446 1 week agoThe only problem (at least for me) with de-googled Android is banking, at least where I live. You either can get an account in a bank where everything is done in person or by fax :|, or fully mobile bank that doesn't work without an app.
Well, it's not a big problem, because most of the bank apps still work, but they rely heavily on Google Play Services. It can partially be solved with a separate profile and Graphene's sandboxed Google Play Services, but still a bit annoying :(
- mindslight 1 week agoFirst, banks generally have websites. Second, if the website sucks and your prefer the app (happens plenty), get a second older device that isn't de-googled and stays at home. There is no need to put all your eggs in one basket.
- attendant3446 1 week agoMany modern banks, so-called "neobanks", provide a very limited web version that's only good to check the balance. And you are forced to use their app.
- fluidcruft 1 week agoMany banks use their apps as biometric 2FA for website login nowadays.
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- scriu 6 days agoWhere are you from? Im my country, there are still options available to use only internet banking, no requirements to use app.
- attendant3446 5 days agoIn my country of residence (DE), traditional banks consider me an "immigrant scum" and won't let me open an account. This means I am limited to using neobanks such as N26 and Revolut. On the upside, their verification process is also probably "neo" and somehow automated. And removes the human factor from it.
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- muro 1 week agoIt says right in the popup alert message screenshot how to turn it off.
- gonzalohm 1 week agoI'm glad I have automatic updates disabled
- Jean-Papoulos 1 week agoIf you install an app whose role it is to "use your phone in your stead with AI for free" you don't have the right to act worried about privacy.
- msgodel 1 week agoI do this kind of thing with a local model on Linux.
- msgodel 1 week ago