Following last year’s announcement, Google Messages is rolling out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images on Android...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28530807

Following last year’s announcement, Google Messages is rolling out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images on Android…

  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    This image classification, which does not currently apply to videos, works on-device and is powered by Android System SafetyCore, which “doesn’t send identifiable data or any of the classified content or results to Google servers.”

    It’s opt-in for adults but automatically activated for children’s devices.

    • felsiq@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      13 hours ago

      If this is done locally on-device with no reporting back to Google, it could be a really good feature - the way Apple does it isn’t censorship, it just blurs the picture to give you a heads up “hey this is nudity, you wanna see this right now?”. You can click into it to see the original whenever you want, and it’s just a nice layer of protection to make sure you actively wanted to see whatever it was (and specifically right now). I hope google’s implementing it the same way, but I don’t trust them enough to bet on it and I couldn’t be bothered to read the article lol