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[–] Xanvial@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isn't this only triggered when user use Gemini (and the google assistant before). To use something like circle to search. I'm rather sure this already exists before AI craze

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

That is the assumption but that is explicitly spelled out somewhere. I'm not sure you can trust it.

[–] arararagi@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, Google assistant was able to read your screen and take screenshots when asked years ago.