> but the images are probably stored, and at least the relevant queries are saved to your Google identity
Yes, this was mentioned in the initial message I got after enabling Google Lens in my camera app, but it also said that you could turn off that option under your account's "Web Activity". But I wasn't sure if the images would still be uploaded and saved somewhere else, out of your control, when you turn the option off.
If they are being uploaded (which it now seems they are), I don't trust Google to necessarily delete them afterwards. I agree with your last 2 bullets. Who knows, maybe they'll even add them to Google image search so that they'll come up in other people's search results! (Although I think image search results currently only show images hosted on webpages, so maybe not.)
It still seems very risky to me... one could accidentally click the Google Lens icon on the screen and end up uploading an image somewhere, when you meant to take a private photo, possibly of something sensitive like a document with personal info, bank account numbers; or of someone not completely dressed... not to mention things which are less sensitive but still private, like what the inside of your house looks like, etc.
> this has to be server-based. There's no way they're putting (probably machine learning-based, probably very resource intensive) image processing software with that kind of ability on phones (unless I badly misunderstand the capabilities of modern smartphones; mine's not a top of the line model.)
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Yes, this was mentioned in the initial message I got after enabling Google Lens in my camera app, but it also said that you could turn off that option under your account's "Web Activity". But I wasn't sure if the images would still be uploaded and saved somewhere else, out of your control, when you turn the option off.
If they are being uploaded (which it now seems they are), I don't trust Google to necessarily delete them afterwards. I agree with your last 2 bullets. Who knows, maybe they'll even add them to Google image search so that they'll come up in other people's search results! (Although I think image search results currently only show images hosted on webpages, so maybe not.)
It still seems very risky to me... one could accidentally click the Google Lens icon on the screen and end up uploading an image somewhere, when you meant to take a private photo, possibly of something sensitive like a document with personal info, bank account numbers; or of someone not completely dressed... not to mention things which are less sensitive but still private, like what the inside of your house looks like, etc.
> this has to be server-based. There's no way they're putting (probably machine learning-based, probably very resource intensive) image processing software with that kind of ability on phones (unless I badly misunderstand the capabilities of modern smartphones; mine's not a top of the line model.)
I suspected that too, but wasn't sure.