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TL;DR Google is working to integrate its on-device Sensitive Content Warning system into the native Android Photo Picker.
Powered by Android System SafetyCore, the feature classifies media on-device without sharing data with Google, allowing third-party apps to warn users when they try to select explicit content, such as nudity.
This feature could come in handy to warn underage users from sharing explicit content.
Google has been working surprisingly hard at improving Android’s system-level Photo Picker experience, as we’ve spotted features in progress, such as a built-in media editor and a location data toggle that some apps have already begun to adopt. We’ve now spotted Google preparing to bring its on-device Sensitive Content Warning system to the Android Photo Picker, potentially letting third-party apps detect and warn users about nudity before media is shared.
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Google has adopted the Sensitive Content Warning system in Google Messages as a setting that, when enabled, automatically detects, blurs, and warns you about incoming or outgoing images and videos containing nudity. This system is powered by the Android System SafetyCore, the underlying Google system service that provides a common infrastructure for apps to use to protect their users from unwanted content. SafetyCore runs its content classification process exclusively on-device and claims not to share the results with Google.
Further, SafetyCore only comes into play when an application integrates with SafetyCore and specifically requests that content be classified. In Google Messages, images and videos aren’t classified unless they’re sent through the app with the Sensitive Content Warnings feature turned on.
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