by dbadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | News, Privacy, Survey Results
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Location tracking is a double-edged sword on Android phones, as the functionality is key to features like navigation, delivery services, and several other types of apps. On the other hand, this functionality is often used for...
by dbadmin | Feb 16, 2022 | Android, Google, News, Privacy
Credit: Google Google today launched the Privacy Sandbox for Android. The intention is to make ad tracking on Android more secure and private without using the “blunt” method Apple uses. Unfortunately, Google is still grasping at how to do make this work. Google owns...
by dbadmin | Feb 7, 2022 | Google Maps, How To, Privacy
Credit: Mika Baumeister / Unsplash Google Maps tracks your location history to give you faster search results, more accurate recommendations, and wait-time estimates. The more data you share with Google, the more personalized your experience with the service becomes....
by dbadmin | Jan 25, 2022 | Google, News, Privacy
Google has been slapped with a lawsuit in the US over its location tracking. It’s claimed that Google continued to track users despite these users disabling location tracking functionality. Google offers location tracking controls in its Android and iOS apps, but...
by dbadmin | Dec 11, 2021 | Android, Android Security, Features, Opinions, Privacy
Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Opinion post byRita El Khoury Having to send a broken phone for repair is already a stressful experience. You find yourself without your primary means of communication, you’re hoping it’ll be quickly fixed without any blunders or...
by dbadmin | Dec 6, 2021 | Cybersecurity, News, Privacy, Tile
Credit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Life360 — which owns the family-tracking app of the same name and will soon own Tile — sells a ton of user data. A new report suggests the company allegedly plays fast and loose with that data. The company has no plans to sell...
