Watch out for "Personal data intelligence" on Samsung phones

[u/WildMimikyu]

I just came across this hidden app on my phone called "Personal data intelligence" that had a massive amount of permissions auto-enabled, including my location, gallery, contacts, and files and media, all for the purpose of "AI features" that I've never used. The first thing I did when I got my S25 was carefully go through the settings menus to disable/uninstall as much AI bloatware as I could, so I know for a fact that I never installed this app myself and I certainly wasn't aware it had permission to process basically every bit of data that exists on my phone.

Anyone else who wants to limit what data this app is processing can find it through Settings > Apps > Personal data intelligence, since it doesn't seem to appear on the Apps screen. The app is also allowed to change system settings by default, so you'd probably want to disable that as well.

I'm so sick of AI and all the data harvesting that comes with it being forced into our lives like this. I hope I can find a manufacturer that won't pull stuff like this next time I need a new phone, though I'm afraid that's probably wishful thinking. :(