On July 7, Gemini AI will access your WhatsApp and more. Learn how to disable it on Android.
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Exactly. It is an odd advice - disable something you had to install first just to disable?
It installed itself as part of an update package.
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What I hate most about this is the lack of control over this it implies. Sure, maybe you don’t install this on your device, but all that’s needed for Google to access your messages now is for someone you message to have it installed and enabled, then anything you send to them will be gobbled up by Google.
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Don't go and manually install it.
The misinformation about this has been wild.
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It installed itself as part of an update package.
I was fully expecting that, but since enshittification recently intensified (Android 15's bluetooth settings are a giant step back in usability), neither google play nor system in general nor anything from motorola has internet access on my phone, I send everything through RethinkVPN (from f-droid) and block all internet access except for apps that I explicitly allow. I'm just not updating anything except periodically Signal, IronFox and PipePipe.
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If the Gemini app is not installed, it can't do this right
Gemini was automatically installed for me, and the app connections were all enabled, like the article describes. Better check and be safe than to be sorry
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It installed itself as part of an update package.
Update of what? Android or something else?
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Hopefully unintalling and disabling is actually doing something. I feel like they are just tricking us and you can't really disable it.
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If I have the app disabled it probably can't do anything right?
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If I have the app disabled it probably can't do anything right?
Which app ?
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Which app ?
The Gemini app. I can't uninstall it from my phone but I have it disabled. Not sure if Google's other account access and apps on my phone are going to still feed into Gemini.
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The Gemini app. I can't uninstall it from my phone but I have it disabled. Not sure if Google's other account access and apps on my phone are going to still feed into Gemini.
I think when google app and play services still present on your device, it feeds data into gemini anyway. Hope you are not using google vanilla apps.
By the way why you arent able to uninstall gemini app ?
Did you tried lineage os with microg which is way better ?! -
Update of what? Android or something else?
Yes. It was bundled as part of either a system or security update.
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Is this a US only thing? I have no email and no Gemini app (although there are settings in system)
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They'd have to install it first.
Google play services says bonjour
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Update of what? Android or something else?
It must be an Android update as that's all I ever do, and I never installed Gemini. I just checked and it was there, with permissions to access WhatsApp and multiple other apps. I just removed all the permissions and disabled the app. We'll see if any future updates turn it back on.
Shhhhhneeeeeky bastards.
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It installed itself as part of an update package.
In the case of my fully updated pixel 9 pro XL, Gemini was installed from the factory. I uninstalled it and installed Google Assistant. It has not re-installed itself for me, and further, I would recommend that if you don't use Gemini, you uninstall it.
This may change once the July patch hits but. As of right now it's not currently installed.
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They'd have to install it first.
Yes, but the phones of all your peers will have that shit on them.
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In the case of my fully updated pixel 9 pro XL, Gemini was installed from the factory. I uninstalled it and installed Google Assistant. It has not re-installed itself for me, and further, I would recommend that if you don't use Gemini, you uninstall it.
This may change once the July patch hits but. As of right now it's not currently installed.
In my case (Galaxy S21) I can only disable it, not uninstall.
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Good thing I don't have that shit on my phone (at least until Google forces it)
The people you're messaging might, though.
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It must be an Android update as that's all I ever do, and I never installed Gemini. I just checked and it was there, with permissions to access WhatsApp and multiple other apps. I just removed all the permissions and disabled the app. We'll see if any future updates turn it back on.
Shhhhhneeeeeky bastards.
Good that I don't do any updates apart from some apps.
