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Google’s Unannounced Update Scans All Your Photos—One Click Stops It
(www.forbes.com)
Welcome! This is a community for all those who are interested in protecting their privacy.
PS: Don't be a smartass and try to game the system, we'll know if you're breaking the rules when we see it!
As discussed in other threads it's a non system APK which holds no dangerous permissions and can't gain them. It will (once enabled and if you let it) scan inbound and outbound messages for nudity. It's there to prevent people from receiving unsolicited nudes without consent, or if they're sending nudes make sure they aren't falling into some pedo groomer blackmail.
I understand the initial response, but now that the info is available I question the motives of people still spreading it.
Well, then I trust my own ability to not fall prey to such blackmail and would rather omit the scanning for battery life's sake. So yes, I'm nitpicky (if that's the conclusion).
It's not open source so it's up to trusting Google for that to be true.