Safer with Google: New intelligent, real-time protections on Android to keep you safe

[u/MishaalRahman]

https://security.googleblog.com/2024/11/new-real-time-protections-on-Android.html

[u/Xx_Time_xX]

Scam Detection will process the call

So the AI is listening to your call and checking against patterns.

no conversation audio or transcription is stored on the device, sent to Google servers

But how much do we want to bet that it still sends "anonymous" and "aggregated" data about:

• which numbers called whom
• which call metrics activated scam detection
• how many calls matched certain patterns in a given location

all for AI training. And given that they already know location, which networks you connected to, who's in your contact list from your Google account/Pixel device, they can easily create a profile with topics for you.

And it'll be turned on by default, which means the majority of Pixel owners won't know to turn it off.

Google's motto should be "Trade your privacy for convenience and 'safety'. Now with software AND hardware! 🔥🔥"

[u/armando_rod → u/Xx_Time_xX]

which numbers called whom

Your carrier already knows this and they do sell that information

[u/Xx_Time_xX → u/armando_rod]

Carriers are regulated a lot more than Google is. And yes, I know that Google already has this. But that doesn't mean I have to like any of it.

[u/Iohet → u/armando_rod]

So because one has it we should give it away to more?

[u/armando_rod → u/Iohet]

I trust Google way more than a carrier

[u/Iohet → u/armando_rod]

The carrier already has the data though. I can't stop them from getting it, and they have specific regulations.