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Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos
(www.forbes.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
God I wish I could completely deny internet access to some of my apps on stock android. It's obvious why they don't allow it though.
Check out Netguard. It's an app that pretends to be a VPN client so most of your traffic has to go through it - and then you can deny/allow internet access per app. Even works without root.
You can, if you root your phone. Unless it is not a thing anymore.