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Client side scanning, it's already happening in android running google services there are two apps automatically installed which at least I know scan photos in the device. One is android system saftycore and the other I can't remember the name.
Thanks for the info. Didn't know that shit was on my phone. Deleted.
If you happen to remember the second app name, please post it.
The other one is Android System Key Verifier, for that I'm not totally sure it's malware but as it have access to your end to end encrypted keys and the way it's secretly installed seems shady to me. Looks like a way for Google to intercept end to end encrypted messages for me.
Is it safe to remove if I use Google messages often?
I'm not totally sure I barely use Google Messages except for verification codes, I prefer to uninstall it preventing it from having any access to my local end to end encrypted keys for other apps. but it's up to you I guess.