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.

  • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    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.