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Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no (www.laptopmag.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Not on my GrapheneOS, it's not.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    For now, until the good devs of GrapheneOS are no longer able to keep up with Google's aosp fuckery :(

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    • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You do have the option to use non-Google messaging and dialer/phone apps that are not controlled by or otherwise interact with Gemini.

    Kinda ridiculous that you need them, but the option is still there.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Any suggestions?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I use an old-school messaging app, QKSMS. No frills. I'll probably switch back to Should I Answer for phone, but I barely use my phone as a phone.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's what you think.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean, Google has been sued and lost for antitrust violations over far less egregious behavior than blocking third-party apps in favor of their own.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    In a nation that, in a delirium for the illusion, that they "elected" a "president" that didn't count at least a million black voters. Who is in a "fight" (don't believe the "show") with cracker who cracked the election counter and bragged about it in the "inauguration" speech (53min in).

    But, yeah! I'll believe some pedophilic asshole who literally stole every software he stole then issued it closed source so that I can't see what it really does.

    Then I'll FUCKIN BELEVE some book with more edits than it has letters.

    Sucker. The literal reward of sugar with zero true value for every child in the grocery store who won't STFU.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    ...

    Are you having a stroke?

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    • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Not for me it isn't.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You have to install Gemini.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    May be tangential, but Google Voice did this for the first time earlier this year. I've since moved as many of my people over to signal as possible

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    This reads the same as similar headlines from almost 10 years ago, about Google Voice or some such iirc.

    Back then "but Google is actually doing good things in IT" was still going strong and people pointing this out were often dismissed as tinfoil hatters even if the proof was there; I'm glad that has changed somewhat.

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