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Android 16 Adds Density-Based Location Accuracy for Improved Privacy

Android 16 is enhancing user privacy with a new system that adjusts how approximate location data is handled.

Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds

Journalists in Europe found it was "easy" to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location data ...

Older Google Pixel phones can’t precisely locate UWB trackers

Google confirms the Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 7 Pro don’t support the Moto Tag and Find Hub’s precision finding feature.
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ICE is stepping up its smartphone tracking, but Android 16 has a secret weapon

Earlier this year ICE ordered new vehicles equipped with smartphone-tracking hardware. Cell-tower simulating “Stingray” devices gather records on phones in their vicinity. Luckily, Android 16 includes ...

Older Pixel Phones Have a Weird UWB Tracking Limitation

UWB precision finding doesn't confirm on older Pixel phones. Google confirmed that this is only enabled on the Pixel 8 series ...

Your Phone's GPS Knows More Than Your Location, IIT Delhi Research Warns

GPS guides us to places or helps us track our online orders. But the "fine-grained" data collected by it on Android smartphones can reveal far more than just the location, quietly exposing a person's ...