No more unpleasant surprises in your messages. Google has just deployed a new feature that detects and automatically blurred images containing nudity In Google Messages. This protection is starting to arrive on Android devices.
The functionality was in the boxes since last year and is gradually unfolding. The principle is simple: Your phone analyzes the images received, sent or transferred to detect nudity and blur them automatically. Google assures that everything goes locally on the device, without sending your photos on its servers.
Protection thought for the youngest
This novelty is part of Google’s approach to Protect adolescents from inappropriate content. For 13-17 year olds, the functionality is activated by default and can only be deactivated by parents via the Google Family Link application.
Adults must activate it manually if they wish to benefit from it. No automatic activation thereforeGoogle leaves the choice to major users.
Of course, no system is perfect. Google recognizes that innocent images can sometimes be wrongly reported. Conversely, some explicit content could pass between the meshes of the net.
How to activate or deactivate the function
For adults who want to take advantage of this protection, head to Google Messages’ settings. You have to go to Protection and Safety> Manage significant content warnings> Warnings in Google Messages.
This function is part of SAFETYCORE, the Google safety suite for Android 9 and subsequent versions. She joins other tools already deployed to fight against scams by SMS and check the contacts.
Limits to keep in mind
Although current filters are much more effective than before thanks to AI, they remain perfectible on certain special cases such as art or culturally sensitive images. It is also very easy for a minor to deactivate the filter in a few clicks, so be vigilant with your parental control settings.
Faced with iOS, Android offers more flexibility on this type of protection, but its open nature sometimes complicates the uniform application of these safety measures. A first step welcome to user protection, which will have to enrich other tools and awareness to be really effective.
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