Time to start shooting nudes on film I guess.
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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I can see a promising market for 'dumb' point-and-shoot digital cameras reemerging.
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Doesn't automatically upload your pictures to train AI on, no internet-based privacy risks whatsoever
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No AI nanny telling you that your pictures are too naughty
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Never needs updates, can never be enshittified by new updates
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No risk of the government getting their hands on your pictures, unless they physically confiscate the device
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Can never be hacked without physical access to the camera
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Doesn't listen to you or watch you or otherwise spy on you
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Most models have easy to change user-replaceable batteries
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Most models are compatible with SD cards for easily upgradeable storage
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Can take advantage of a larger lens and more adjustable focus/zoom to take better pictures (Even a relatively cheap digital camera could potentially take better pictures than the ultimate flagship phones that cost 4-figures.)
I still use my Cannon SD1000. 20 years and it's still going! The resolution is lower (only 7.1MP), but the photos still look really nice. And that was a relatively cheap camera for the time.
It has already reemerged as part of the retro trend among young people.
Or you could use an open camera app
For now. Until Google says those apps aren't "verified" or whatever and blacklists them. Until the next Android update makes it scan and upload every photo file anywhere on the device, not just ones used or made in particular apps.
And that market will destroy itself because “investors” want MRR and so you’ll have to plug your camera into your computer so proprietary software can send the images to the cloud to get “processed” so you can actually view them. You’ll be thankful for the opportunity to pay $9.99USD for that.
Yeah, I can tell that since I do tests for Amazon (Amazon Vine).
There is more and more camera being put to test, ranging for cheap bellow €100 ones to miniaturized keyring sized ones (with tiny screens).
I tested some of them (and have another one coming next week), the quality of the pictures are good, but the build quality of sub-100 ones are kinda bad (cheap plastics, no optic zoom, no hardpoints for better lenses, sd cards smaller than their advertised size)
Sphynx cats trigger it and you get an unwarranted alert that Google is very disappointed.
Reportedly, the app uses an on-device machine learning model to classify the content.
Using your shiny new phone to train AI...
For now its only supposed to check Google Messages, so not if you use a different text app.
But one vulnerability already is side loaded versions with super high version numbers so they won't be auto updated. Those will scan everything and do whatever with it. Considering the apps point is to scan for nudes, likely sending all your nudes to the hacker.
For now its only supposed to check Google Messages, so not if you use a different text app.
Shameless plug for Textra as a much, much better alternative.
This is why I'm not buying a new phone until my current one literally breaks down. It's in the hardware nowadays.
The dummy version is an empty app.
I've got a Pixel 9 I keep for development and uninstalled that system app a few months ago. It's still gone. Maybe updates are reinstalling it but saying that it cannot be uninstalled or removed is a lie.
It says in the article title that it keeps reinstalling itself, not that it can't be removed.