A few weeks ago, I explicitly disabled it everywhere I could find within account.google.com and I’ve not used anything gemini since. Now I get this email and find it enabled on my devices.

By default Gemini has permissions to access everything on screen, view your contacts/messages, and can be used from the lockscreen…

I’m not all that surprised; but I’m still annoyed. Especially with the opt-out of data collection/access after it’s been given access to everything.

  • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    on my devices

    See that’s where we’re fucking up. If a company can install things on ”your” devices, it’s really their devices.

    • space_iio
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      We don’t really own anything

      These are pocket computer computers that turn into paperweights the moment our feudal lord Google decides to