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AI Article Summary:

Android has improved its unknown tracker alerts to notify users faster and more often, and has introduced two new features to help users protect themselves from unwanted tracking. The key findings are the introduction of two new features: Temporarily Pause Location and Find Nearby, which aim to provide users with more control and privacy when dealing with unknown trackers.

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[-] 1984@beehaw.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

Safe from unwanted tracking*

*doesn't apply to us

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Username checks out

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As always I feel like it's a nice feature but obviously Google is juicing more data from you. I had the popup and it basically required you to let the OS activate Bluetooth on its own to scan and map the surrounding devices. It was the prerequisite to benefit from the tracking detection and the "find my device even if it's disconnected" feature. You become a node on the mesh you draw for them. No thanks

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago

True. The best move for privacy would be to make the solution open source and available for anyone.

this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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