Android 12 will centralize privacy control, control application privacy more easily https://www.realmicentral.com/2021/05/18/android-12-will-centralize-privacy-control-control-application-privacy-more-easily/
Google Play’s app listings will require privacy info next year, just like the App Store https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22422894/google-play-app-privacy-info-apple-app-store-labels
Android apps send student data to ‘very high-risk’ third parties 8x more often than iOS https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/04/report-android-ios-apps-student-data-privacy-security/
Android bug exposed COVID-19 contact tracing logs to preinstalled apps https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22405425/android-google-contact-tracing-bug-privacy
Watch YouTube Without Ads & Google Tracking You on Android https://www.techlegends.in/youtube-without-ads-tracking/
New wormable Android malware poses as Netflix to hijack WhatsApp sessions https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-android-malware-poses-as-netflix-to-hijack-whatsapp-sessions/
Google illegally tracking Android users, according to new complaint https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/google-of-illegally-tracking-android-users-according-to-new-complaint/
Google to restrict Android apps from viewing other apps installed on the same device https://therecord.media/google-to-restrict-android-apps-from-viewing-other-apps-installed-on-the-same-device/
Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite Users Opting Out https://threatpost.com/google-apple-track-mobile-opting-out/165147/
Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS https://therecord.media/google-collects-20-times-more-telemetry-from-android-devices-than-apple-from-ios/
Smartphones share our data every four and a half minutes, says study https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/smartphones-share-our-data-every-four-and-a-half-minutes-says-study-1.4521267
A new Android spyware masquerades as a ‘system update’ https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/android-malware-system-update/
Malicious apps on Google Play dropped banking Trojans on user devices https://www.zdnet.com/article/malicious-apps-on-google-play-dropped-banking-trojans-on-user-devices/
Leaked Screenshots Reveal iOS 14-Like Privacy Features Coming in Android 12 https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/09/android-12-screenshots-ios-14-privacy-features/
Baidu’s Android apps caught collecting sensitive user details https://www.zdnet.com/article/baidus-android-apps-caught-collecting-sensitive-user-details/