Senior security writer uses adb shell command he doesn't understand to do something to a package he doesn't know is or isn't on his phone.

Uh. OK.

Anyway.

I have 2 devices one on android 13 and one on grapheneos. Neither has Gemini.

To check for Gemini:

adb shell pm list packages bard

and since I don't know if it's a regular apk or not:

adb shell pm list packages --apex-only bard

To be super sure, I also checked using shell commands device_config list and getprop, and grep for strings including: gemini, bard, smart, ai, model, and personal(ize/ation)

eg adb shell device_config list | grep --color -i smart

The website which wants to sell your data to hundreds of "partners" pretends to be concerned about your privacy.

What if I haven't switched from Google Assistant to Gemini?

at the least disable the play stores, or services.