The question relating to SafetyCore, the application by Google which is automatically installed on mobile phones to protect users from sensitive content: the point that is contested to the Mountain View giant, apart from that relating to the download not requested or communicated, is the risk that behind this “shielding” there is a violation of privacy.
To analyze the matter, we must go back until October last year, when Google released an update for the first time to increase the safety Electronic devices equipped with operating systems from Android 9 up: well, precisely in this package the much criticized “Android System SafetyCore” was included. As mentioned, one of the most controversial aspects is that the installation of this application took place automatically and without nature having clarified it: it was the company that explained its intentions a few weeks after the release.
Safetycore It integrates with Google messages, entering the game when it finds photos that could contain nudity through a blur that is applied even before the file opening. A solution appreciated to the point of the company that it wants to expand its functions in the immediate future, with the censorship of other sensitive contents that the same app could add to its list through the integration of automatic learning.
Too bad that there is not the same enthusiasm among users, most of whom believes that in order to know in advance a content to censor Google has access to the photos, with all due respect to the privacy. The Mountain View giant attempted to defend itself by claiming that the app intervenes only locally and without sending any data to external servers, but this did not serve to calm the spirits, and certainly feeds the suspicions the fact that SafetyCore was installed without communication or request for authorization.
However, there is a way to get rid of this functionality, even if, not being a program inserted in the list of applications, it is necessary to follow a different path. SafetyCore, in fact, is found in Settings/Applications Management: once the item “Android System SafetyCore” has been found, you can eliminate it or remove all authorizations.
However, it must be taken into account that, since it is a package inserted in Google updates, the app could reappear even after an update Androidas already reported by numerous users: in this case it is sufficient to follow the path described above to understand if the app has been installed again.