This silent Android feature scans your photos for ‘sensitive content’ – how to disable it

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• SafetyCore installed silently on Android 9+ device via system updates.
• It provides on-device ML models for classifying nudity, spam, and malware.
• SafetyCore only activates when an app requests it.

Late last year, Google pushed a system update for Android 9 and later that quietly added a service called Android System SafetyCore. Most of the update addressed routine security fixes, but SafetyCore was…