So I opened Google Lens for the first time in years to identify a logo, and got prompted by this. Thank you but no thank you
Should we ask them before we just take them ?
They will ask for some time, then accidentally just take them.
Non, merci
Since we all no that Google’s products aren’t privacy friendly at all what privacy friendly alternatives are there to Google Lens?
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One of the few Google apps which is actually really good. I have used it to identify obscure parts in order to be able to repair or replace them myself. If I want to use it I have to borrow someone else’s phone. It’s the only thing I miss about Google. I am definitely not surprised about the behaviour you speak of though.
I haven’t used it in a long time. Will it not work without Google Services?
I am not sure; I’ve not tried. I degoogled my phone and I’ve not tried to put it on there since. It’s just banned completely. :D
Does it give all your pictures or the one you want to search for an image using AI? Cause one method makes sense as your phone doesn’t have the power to do that. If it sends all your photos to Google that’s dumb.
Depends on the operation. Basic object recognition… your phone can easily do. Can run object database against an image after you take the image and store the found objects in metadata. Then you just search the metadata.
This doesn’t have to go to the cloud if that’s all you’re doing.
I do this on my Nextcloud instance. It doesn’t require a full “AI” implementation to do at all.
Ya but to do it well you need more data correct?
No. You don’t need “more” data. I have a coral in my security setup that does object recognition. I don’t “need” to send any data anywhere else for it to do object detection of 225 fps… Split across all 8 of my cameras I can do 28fps of object detection… You only need like 5-10 fps to do it properly.
The only thing I would need “more” data from is to just get newer/better object rules, which requires nothing from me. I just download them. Nothing goes to the cloud. They even make little cheapy nuc-style boxes that can do this type of detection these days (GMKtec for instance). There’s absolutely no reason a phone can’t do this as well. I am completely non-reliant on cloud for any of these operations.
