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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by jgalt212 on Monday July 15, 2024 @09:05AM (#40967535)
I in no way want to absolve Google, but that's the case for so many app permissions on Android. Turn off notifications, and two weeks later the same app your turned off notifications for is once again sending you notifications. It's beyond a joke.
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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by wafflemaker on Monday July 15, 2024 @09:35AM (#40967774)
You might have disabled one type of notifications, instead of all types of them. Making sure I disable all types of notification from an app usually works for me. What brand of phone are you using?
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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by masalah on Monday July 15, 2024 @09:39AM (#40967805)
Can you share some apps where this happens for you. I have rather the complete opposite experience where unused apps with permissions eventually lose said permissions.
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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by no-reply on Monday July 15, 2024 @09:50AM (#40967896)
This is normal, with newer versions of android (probably 10+) there is a feature that checks and removes unused permissions from apps in the last X days.

According to the OP here, it does seem like a pain in the butt to disable - https://support.google.com/android/thread/268170076/android-...

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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by masalah on Thursday July 18, 2024 @09:29AM (#40995403)
Thanks for that link! I was aware of that feature hence why I was curious which cases where apps get additional permissions rather than lose as expected.
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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by jgalt212 on Monday July 15, 2024 @11:01AM (#40968470)
Lyft and Uber
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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by masalah on Thursday July 18, 2024 @09:31AM (#40995413)
That would make a bit of sense then, I don't have lyft but uber lists over 6 distinct notification types, where disabling one would lead me to believe the other notifications would keep pinging still.
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Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by hanniabu on Monday July 15, 2024 @09:38AM (#40967798)
Name sure you also disable the ability for the app to change settings
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