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Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ (www.forbes.com)
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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You actually turned off geminis ability to serve YOU. You never turned off Gemini itself. Google won’t allow that. It’s still running in the background send your data to Google and its advertising partners. Google has publicly stated this is the intended design and they will not allow turning that off.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Show me.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't have to show you. Google, the people who made the fucking OS, told you that's how this works!

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

No. They provided me a nice little button that allows me to disable Gemini, and they have allowed me to opt out of any usage. So again. Show me that it is still active after I have disabled it.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

I was curious so I searched. This is the best info I could find. 

https://proton.me/blog/turn-off-gemini-on-android

Proton claims that even if you turn everything off, it will still watch in the background because Google is replacing assistant with Gemini. That still hasn't happened on my phone. I can still use the regular Google assistant, but I feel like I'm not smart enough to evaluate the claims to know whether it is really running on my phone or not.

Proton also has a profit motive in making people upset with Google, so I don't know.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Typical redditor response, you're in the wrong community friend. Using deflection instead of constructive discussion. Your kind are no better than MAGA people.