A few weeks ago, I explicitly disabled it everywhere I could find within account.google.com and I’ve not used anything gemini since. Now I get this email and find it enabled on my devices.
By default Gemini has permissions to access everything on screen, view your contacts/messages, and can be used from the lockscreen…
I’m not all that surprised; but I’m still annoyed. Especially with the opt-out of data collection/access after it’s been given access to everything.
Can I install on a Samsung? I know computers and their bootloaders/OSs pretty well but phones are mostly a mystery
No its only available on Pixels for security reasons.
What does the pixel have that an S24 doesn’t?
Honestly don’t know. Something to do with the Tensor chip and monthly and quarterly software updates.
https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
Unlockable bootloaders and guaranteed security updates for several years (at least, that’s the claim).