“After recent Android updates, AI on the device now has access to almost everything on it, including biometrics, financial data, health data, and location, which can be shared with advertising partners." Supporting post text: "WHAT THE AI CAN SEE: On the device: Biometric data, health information, financial apps, what you interact with…”

On expanded AI access (this part has a real basis). Google did materially expand Gemini's reach into Android apps in mid-2025. Google's notification email stated that Gemini would be able to help users use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on their phone, whether Gemini Apps Activity is on or off, and the update applied regardless of whether that setting was enabled, pushed to all Android versions supporting Gemini starting with Android 10. Previously, disabling Gemini Apps Activity cut users off from these deeper integrations, meaning Gemini could not place calls or send texts. Malwarebytes noted that Google's own messaging was internally inconsistent, saying in one place the change would roll out automatically regardless of prior settings. On the Samsung toggle (the post's step 1 is real). Samsung support documentation confirms a "master switch" to disable all cloud-based processing for Galaxy AI features, found at Settings, then Galaxy AI, then "Process data only on device." However, Android Police found that this switch only covers Samsung's Galaxy AI and does nothing to Google's AI, so Gemini, Circle to Search, and Magic Compose keep sending data to Google. On what Samsung AI actually collects. Samsung's own privacy notice states that with advanced intelligence, certain apps or services use your inputs to provide intelligence features, and some apps process your data solely within your device while others require collection of data such as your account information, device and app information, and your inputs including text or media files. Samsung states that prior to initial use of an advanced intelligence feature requiring data collection, the user is informed which data that app or service processes and for what purpose. Samsung's own marketing material claims that personal data is never stored long-term or used for AI training, whether processed on-device or in the cloud. On biometrics (this is where the claim fails hardest). Google's official documentation states that fingerprint data is stored securely and never leaves the device, is not shared with Google or any apps on the device, and apps are notified only whether the fingerprint was verified. The fingerprint template is stored in the Trusted Execution Environment, isolated from the main operating system. Biometric data is stored as an encrypted, non-reversible mathematical template rather than a raw image, and never leaves the device or secure hardware. Samsung uses an equivalent approach: Knox Vault is described as a physically isolated space within the hardware, separate from the main processor. On advertising. Samsung does operate an advertising business, but it is a separate system from Galaxy AI. The Samsung Ads Privacy Notice describes collecting device identifiers and settings such as manufacturer, model, OS version, IP address, Advertising IDs, connection status, carrier, plus device usage and log information including list of installed apps, app version, and app usage statistics. That list is real and meaningful, but it does not include biometric templates, health records, or financial app contents. I found no source, in any of the Samsung or Google privacy notices retrieved, stating that Galaxy AI or Gemini processing output is passed to advertising partners.