A new study reveals that thousands of Android apps covertly collect location data using Bluetooth and WiFi beacons, allowing continuous tracking and profiling of users without explicit consent.
A new study reveals that thousands of Android apps covertly collect location data using Bluetooth and WiFi beacons, allowing continuous tracking and profiling of users without explicit consent.
Nope. It only happens when connected to a mobile device. Tested it on all 3 of my android phones (current daily driver, back up phone, and an S4 that I use as a media player in my car,) my wife’s iPhone X, my Samsung tablet, and my work iPad. The S4 doesn’t have that behaviour, but isn’t really a viable option. The battery is basically only good enough to keep it powered for an hour or two, and doesn’t jive with my cell provider’s SIM it’s also running a Google free ROM… Both my more modern phones, my wife’s, and the tablets have the exact same behaviour. When I got them I had no intention of even installing the app. Wasn’t until I was trying to troubleshoot the audio drop out that I installed it. And through experimenting with permissions and services turned on and off decided to just not use them with my phone.
The settings provided by the B&O app aren’t in userland for android, and as far as I’ve been able to find, can’t be pulled up and implemented without the app.
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That…is something I’d not tried yet…hmmmm. I’ll try it tonight and get back
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There an app I can run on android that’d log that?
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It can, but I’d like to see what it’s doing instead of just out and out blocking it. Still going to block it, just want to know who all it’s calling home to.