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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.
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-...

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.
Re:Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive PDF files... by jgalt212 on Monday July 15, 2024 @11:01AM (#40968470)
Lyft and Uber
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.