A new Google feature designed to prevent unwanted nudity is rolling out for Google messages.
The first final decline announced, sensitive material warning is an alternative feature that warns about the dangers of sending naked images before you see them before looking at images with nudity and if you are trying to do so.
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Google calls it a “speed collision” designed to protect users.
How sensitive material warns works
If you get a suspicious image, not only the message will blur the image, but you will also see a link to the resources as to why naked images can be harmful, as well as the option to block the number. If you want to see the image you can tap “next”.
If you are sending an image, you will see a reminder about the risks, and you have to click “Confirmation of continuing” to prevent casual sharing.
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This feature currently does not work on video.
Google says that the photo is fully on the device by detecting, so the company does not have access to any images.
How to enable the facility
Material warnings for adult users are closed by default, so if you want to use it then you have to enable that feature.
To turn on sensitive material warning, go to the settings menu of Google messages and tap on “security and security”. You will see the option at the bottom, as well as with an explanation that it will “blur naked photos and will require confirmation to send nude photos.”
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For non-yesk users, the feature is on by default. Supervised users cannot close it, but the parents can do through family link app. Adolescent accounts can close it through its settings.
Sensitive material warning for Google messages is part of the Android system safetycore, a service that hits Android phones last month, which had no official announcement. Google explained to ZDNET that the safetycore provides on-device infrastructure that detects unwanted materials.
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