The website which wants to sell your data to hundreds of "partners" pretends to be concerned about your privacy.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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If it has the potential to generate clicks and revenue: Print it! /s
But I'm happy that they at least contribute to the awareness.
Senior security writer uses adb shell command he doesn't understand to do something to a package he doesn't know is or isn't on his phone.
Uh. OK.
Anyway.
I have 2 devices one on android 13 and one on grapheneos. Neither has Gemini.
To check for Gemini:
adb shell pm list packages bard
and since I don't know if it's a regular apk or not:
adb shell pm list packages --apex-only bard
To be super sure, I also checked using shell commands device_config list and getprop, and grep for strings including: gemini, bard, smart, ai, model, and personal(ize/ation)
eg adb shell device_config list | grep --color -i smart
If you're not running a degoogled ROM, you need to install one.
Doing that becomes harder and harder as time goes by. When I was shopping for a new Android phone I couldn't find one that was recent enough and also had custom rom support of any kind. I know there are smartphones specifically built to be friendly towards custom roms and Linux but those are only available in Europe and North America.
At that point, I would root it and rip the goodle shit out, then install MicroG.
What if I haven't switched from Google Assistant to Gemini?
at the least disable the play stores, or services.