Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers

cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/70348978

cybernews.com/security/android-content-safety-manager-api-privacy-concerns/

I can see a promising market for ‘dumb’ point-and-shoot digital cameras reemerging.

• Doesn’t automatically upload your pictures to train AI on, no internet-based privacy risks whatsoever

• No AI nanny telling you that your pictures are too naughty

• Never needs updates, can never be enshittified by new updates

• No risk of the government getting their hands on your pictures, unless they physically confiscate the device

• Can never be hacked without physical access to the camera

• Doesn’t listen to you or watch you or otherwise spy on you

• Most models have easy to change user-replaceable batteries

• Most models are compatible with SD cards for easily upgradeable storage

• Can take advantage of a larger lens and more adjustable focus/zoom to take better pictures (Even a relatively cheap digital camera could potentially take better pictures than the ultimate flagship phones that cost 4-figures.)

I still use my Canon SD1000. 20 years and it’s still going! The resolution is lower (only 7.1MP), but the photos still look really nice. And that was a relatively cheap camera for the time.