Google really wants you to know it cares about your privacy.
On Tuesday at Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference, Suzanne Frey, Google’s vice president of Android & Play Security and Privacy, announced a host of new features for Android 12 perhaps meant to assuage Android users worried about Google’s data collection and sharing practices. One of which, the Privacy Dashboard, aims to alert users to the far-reaching permissions requested and used by the apps on their smartphones.
Specifically, Frey explained, that the Privacy Dashboard will show “you what type of data was accessed, and when.” And yes, Frey emphasized, the dashboard will even let Android owners know what Google apps are up to. Read more…
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