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Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C'mon, juuuust a little.. 'till you no longer notice.

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[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 162 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gross.

I'm currently in the process of moving everything over to a pixel running GrapheneOS and am glad to be doing so because of shit exactly like this.

I just want technology that does what I want it to and doesn't spy on me. Shouldn't be this hard especially if I pay for the product.

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Did the same thing last September, my S21 Ultra's battery was getting tired and I was tired of the Samsung bullshit. So far it's been great and so has battery life, plus it's a breath of fresh air to only have apps I want installed without needing ADB to remove them after Google/Samsung decides they want them reinstalled every few weeks.

Only downfalls have been my broken banking app (which might be the actual app being broken based on Google Play reviews) and the amount of tweaking I needed to do to get OSM as my default map for Android Auto.

I finally have a phone that actually feels like mine, not just a leased device from the manufacturer.

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[–] absolutejank@lemmy.world 96 points 1 week ago (2 children)

who the fuck asked for this

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Samsung's board of directors. Of which half are probably using iPhones.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] nagaram@startrek.website 73 points 1 week ago

That's crazy.

Anyways I'm gonna pitch never buying a Samsung phone again to the HR people if this comes true.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C'mon, juuuust a little.. 'till you no longer notice.

This is excellent.

[–] nukeforyou@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Our entire internet ecosystem is the "frog in boiling water" metaphor.. They just keep turning the heat up.. we need to delete the entire internet and re-work it from the ground up... somehow

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Glance says it will retain the biometric data used to create your digital avatar for 12 months from your last interaction with the service or until you manually delete your account. The company claims that your images won't be used for any other purpose or shared with third parties without your consent.

Thousands of pictures of regular people's faces, not just professional models, is valuable data. They're definitely selling that shit or using it for their own AI training.

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[–] Penny7@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thankfully, this is a fully opt-in experience.

And how long before they decide to make a default instead of opt-in?

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago

opt-in:

Can we take all your stuff?

  1. Yes daddy
  2. Remind me tomorrow
[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Buddy had the nightmarish idea a while back with all the new generative ai stuff for video chat services injecting ads using the faces/voices of the participants in lieu of payment. Just, regularly-schedule ad breaks in your call where "your friend" suddenly starts talking about how excited they are about Raid: Shadow Legends

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Black Mirror with Rashida Jones

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The moment I see myself in an ad, I'm giving up on technology and joining the Amish.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Don't do that. The Amish are not good people.

https://www.grunge.com/268104/the-dark-truth-about-amish-country/

We should all be more like the actual Luddites - they destroyed technology that was being used to exploit and/or displace workers.

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[–] TrumpetX@programming.dev 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whelp, I guess I now own my last Samsung phone. It was a good run. I've been considering going pixel for a while so I can put graphineOS on it. This just helps me make that decision.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Running GrapheneOS on a Pixel is incredibly easy. You don't need to be technical at all to get it set up. The instructions and the process are simple. Get on it!

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[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are techbros so bland that they really can't think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn't just 'ads'?

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The other option is bombing kids.

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

Well I guess I'll never buy another Samsung.

[–] meejle@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Why would anyone opt in 😭

Is this just so they can wait a few months and say, "Not enough people were discovering this Great Feature, so we're enabling it by default"?

I've already been getting the itch to leave Samsung and try something different. I'm keeping my eye on the upcoming Nothing Phone 3, if it's genuinely a "flagship" for £800 I might jump ship.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago
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[–] thepenismightier@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 27 points 1 week ago

I was just sitting there looking at the cool art I have as a lockscreen wallpaper and im thinking, man I wish my phone would scan my face and place an ai slop image with my face badly right on my lock screen. Thank god Samsung is so in touch with what features consumers want added to their $1000 devices.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 26 points 1 week ago

I hate everything about this title.

[–] disco 25 points 1 week ago

Absolutely wild clown show we're living in

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.

Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.

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[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, more ads. Exactly what the consumer asked for, right?

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[–] J52@lemmy.nz 20 points 1 week ago

, and so the enshitification of what once was a great phone continues.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

LOL. New phone cases are going to have little privacy sliders to go over the cameras.

[–] LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I have one for my pixel 7. I also put a small square of electrical tape over my front camera. I know I sound paranoid, but I just don't like a camera staring at me while I'm looking at my phone. I also rarely take selfies so a front camera is pretty much pointless for me.

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[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 17 points 1 week ago

Oh good, another reason not to buy Samsung anything. I already just didn't like their UI.

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