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Can Google read my Signal messages on stock Android? (lemy.lol)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I recently asked the /c/Android community what information Google has access to on stock Android, assuming the user is not using any Google apps, and was told Google has full "unstoppable" access to the entire device, including Signal messages, the microphone, duckduckgo search history and anything displayed on the screen at all times.

Does this mean that encrypted messaging is essentially pointless to use on Android? I'm a newb here so go easy on me.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago

Think lower level. They own your device keyboard, so they can technically read whatever you type. Whether they send that to the mother ship, I don't know, but it's a risk. That's one example, but same holds true for anything low level, like mic, camera, etc.

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