Google’s Secret Plan Unveiled: Your Phone Could Be Monitoring Your Calls!

A New Level of Espionage? Google introduces an AI-powered listening tool that records all conversations on your phone, to be built into the newest Android update.

Google’s Call-Scanning AI Sparks Privacy Concerns

Privacy and security experts are raising alarms after Google’s demonstration of a call-scanning feature at its recent I/O conference. Utilising generative AI, this technology aims to detect conversational patterns linked to financial scams in real-time. However, concerns abound regarding the potential for widespread censorship with the implementation of client-side scanning.

Experts Warn of Default Censorship

While Google emphasises the feature’s focus on scam detection, critics caution against its broader implications. They fear it could pave the way for centralised censorship efforts akin to past controversies surrounding content scanning for issues like child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Is This Really the Precursor to More Censorship of Our Thoughts and Conversations?

Google’s new phone-call scanner is designed to work on any Android call or text. Only an Android user can have this system inbuilt once the updated software is installed. Thus, the main concern here is whether anyone can easily be exposed for any and every illegal activity without a warrant, as all it takes is to make or receive texts and calls through an Android phone with the latest software. Due process may be thrown out of the window now that many people will have the new feature on their phones. This is of some concern in a Pacific where law enforcement is increasingly ineffective in doing their work. Should we just allow our privacy to be sold off for convenience, and end up without any rights to privacy? You decide!

Source: TechCrunch

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