Following last year’s announcement, Google Messages is rolling out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images on Android…

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    15 hours ago

    It’s insane that those fuckers think they have the right to adjust and regulate what we send to each other

    • seven_phone@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      They will read it, regulate it and then still send you ads based on the things sent to you that they looked at and deemed you could not see.

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      15 hours ago

      You know this is a feature, not a requirement, and that it is optional - and is off by default for adults, right?

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        7 hours ago

        For now.

        Once it’s available, it’s a matter of time before Mike Johnson or some Florida man politician makes it illegal to see anything on your screen without the 850-Porn-Bud hotline calling to check on you.

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        10 hours ago

        Why’s google peeking into private messages into the first place? There’s bad apples everywhere, knowing humans especially men, there’s some employees filling their wank banks with whatever we’re sending to each other

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          9 hours ago

          It’s all processed on device. If you don’t trust that that’s the case, then I assume you believe that Google employees looking at photos is already happening.

          This could be a helpful tool for those trying to above harassment (unwilling recipients of dick pics)

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            9 hours ago

            Well, it is, we know that for a fact. For both it being a helpful tool and the fact that Google looks at your private pictures.