Per one tech forum this week: “Google has quietly installed an app on all Android devices called ‘Android System SafetyCore’. It claims to be a ‘security’ application, but whilst running in the background, it collects call logs, contacts, location, your microphone, and much more making this application ‘spyware’ and a HUGE privacy concern. It is strongly advised to uninstall this program if you can. To do this, navigate to 'Settings’ > 'Apps’, then delete the application.”

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    4 hours ago

    Google says that SafetyCore “provides on-device infrastructure for securely and privately performing classification to help users detect unwanted content

    Cheers Google but I’m a capable adult, and able to do this myself.