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Android messages and dialer apps quietly send data to Google, report alleges

March 24, 2022 -

(Article by Ken Macon republished from ReclaimTheNet.org)

Trinity College Dublin’s Professor Douglas Leith recently released a report, called “What Data Do The Google Dialer and Messages Apps on Android Send to Google?” Google’s Messages and Dialer send data to Google’s Firebase Analytics and Google Play Services Clearcut.

“The data sent by Google Messages includes a hash of the message text, allowing linking of sender and receiver in a message exchange,” ...

Android devices secretly funnel your private location data to Google (even if you have that setting turned OFF)

November 27, 2017 -

This information, which was part of an in-depth report for Quartz, reveals that since the beginning of 2017, mobile phones have been collecting addresses of mobile transmitter towers near their area. The addresses are then included in the information sent to the company to manage push notifications and messages. This means that your phone keeps tabs of where you've been as long as you're near a mobile transmitter, and that this information is sent to Google without you even ...

EYE OF SAURON: Google Wallet for Android to introduce e-wallet that uses digital IDs

June 06, 2023 -

This feature will roll out this month in states that support the use of digital IDs. Google added that Maryland residents can upload their digital IDs and use the feature right now. (Related: Utah governor signs bill to launch pilot program for blockchain-based digital ID system.)

Arizona, Colorado and Georgia residents will be the next to get the feature "in the coming months."

The digital IDs will be stored locally on the device, but they can also be accessed through ...

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DO MORE EVIL: Google turns Android phones into vaccine passports

July 07, 2021 - Android phones can now save and display coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards, essentially making them a digital vaccine passport.

Google announced on Wednesday, June 30, that it is updating its Passes API to give developers at healthcare organizations, government agencies and other organizations authorized by public health authorities the ability to create digital versions of tests and vaccination cards that can then be saved directly to the users' device.

The ...

Google surreptitiously installs COVID-19 exposure notification app in Android phones without telling users

June 24, 2021 -

"We have been working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to allow users to activate the Exposure Notifications System directly from their Android phone settings," the tech giant said in a statement.

The app, called MassNotify, was launched in Massachusetts on June 15. Since then, a number of Android phone users in the state reported that the app had been automatically installed on their phones without warning or consent.

But Google ...

Google censors all AI that generates supposed “hate speech” in Google Play Store

a month ago -

The new rules apply to those who develop apps for Android and want to publish them on the Google Play Store, and they are being widely viewed as yet another attempt by Google to censor speech that does not align with its liberal political views under the guise of stopping “hate speech.” It’s safe to say that content that asserts there are just two genders, for example, is likely to be targeted.

According to Google, apps that offer AI features must implement measures ...

Biden wants U.S. government to scan all images on your phone to comply with new AI rules

2 months ago -

A press release from the White House explains the Biden regime's desire for the tech and financial industries to take charge in stopping the creation and spread of abusive sexual imagery created by AI robots.

According to Biden's handlers, "mobile operating system developers could enable technical protections to better protect content stored on digital devices and to prevent image sharing without consent."

The plan is to have mobile operating systems such as Android ...

Health Ranger’s most recent social media posts and a new announcement about Brighteon.io

April 15, 2024 -

The entire platform, which is based on the open source code of Bastyon.com, runs across hundreds of traffic nodes located around the world, relying on traffic to be shared by 1+ million users all over the globe.

Brighteon.io is also multi-lingual, with built-in language translators, and a native ability to share text, photos and video, with more file sharing features coming in 2024.

The entire platform is uncensorable. It cannot be taken down by any government or ...

Iran strikes Israel as region plunges into escalation cycle that could end in NUCLEAR WAR

April 14, 2024 -

The sources for this information include both western news publishers (Reuters) as well as Al Jazeera, RT and Middle East Eye. Here's my current assessment of where we are:

- Iran launched an estimated 300+ drones and missiles at mostly rural military targets in Israel, deliberately avoiding civilian targets. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) releases a statement: “In response to the crime of the Zionist regime in the attack on the consular section of the ...

Google settles $5 billion privacy washing lawsuit for undisclosed amount

January 05, 2024 -

A corporation under the Alphabet family of companies, Google recently settled a case for an undisclosed amount that sought $5 billion in damages for the tech giant's Chrome spying functionality while in private mode, which tricks users into thinking that their web-browsing habits are a family affair.

If a web browser such as Chrome tells a user that he or she is "incognito" and can "browse privately," as Chrome promises, then this should be what happens, both plaintiffs ...

Jury finds Google guilty of turning app store and billing service into unlawful MONOPOLY

December 14, 2023 -

The jury delivered its verdict on Dec. 11, affirming the search engine giant's monopolistic control in app distribution and in-app billing services on the Android platform – itself a Google creation. According to jurors, Google's practices stifled competition and harmed Epic Games, the creator of the "Fortnite" game franchise.

The North Carolina-based Epic Games sued the California-based tech giant in the Epic v. Google lawsuit. The trial spanned over four ...

Tech investors organize to silence pro-Palestinian voices

December 14, 2023 -

(Article republished from New.TheCradle.co)

The investors and executives have joined with pro-Israeli activists and Israeli government officials to terminate pro-Palestinian employees at multi-national corporations from their jobs, smear Palestinian journalists, cancel speaking events at US universities by Palestinian writers and politicians, remove social media posts critical of Israel, “ridicule” pro-Palestinian social media influencers and lawmakers, and send military ...

False alarm: NHS coronavirus tracing app sends out “ghost notifications” to iOS and Android users

October 17, 2020 -

Apple and Google still have not fixed the glitch. Currently, the app has over 16 million downloads in England and Wales.

National Health Service (NHS) officials claim the notifications are not a cause for concern, as these are “default messages” that indicate the app is “on and working.” An FAQ page on the NHS website tackling the issue said these “default notifications” cannot be turned off and informed that important messages will always be visible from inside the ...

Apple releases emergency software update after Pegasus spyware breach

September 13, 2023 -

The Canadian academic research group the Citizen Lab published a report saying it had uncovered a zero-day, zero-click exploit affecting Apple devices (iPhones, Macs and Apple Watches), which they linked to Israeli technology firm NSO – which has been blacklisted by the U.S. government since 2021 for alleged abuse.

The exploit called Forced Entry was discovered by researchers in March while examining the phone of a Saudi activist who had been hacked with NSO's Pegasus ...

Ads for AI GIRLFRIENDS flooding social media platforms

September 05, 2023 -

The outlet said "dozens of tech startups have been running explicit advertisements" on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook that promote these AI girlfriends. The ads reportedly promise explicit pictures and chats, and feature scantily clad females. Others, meanwhile, feature digitally created girls in the style of Japanese animation that appear to be teenagers or younger.

NBC News found 35 app developers running sexually explicit apps on Facebook and Instagram, both owned ...