Thursday, November 23, 2017

Google admits collecting location information on the mobile phone antenna Android.


Quartz Web site reported that Android phones have more information about where all the time. Data collected by the nearest cell phone. Although users will be closed. And sends the information back to Google when connected to the Internet. By phone tower data that is sent back to the issues of privacy, since it can be used to track the location of users.

Location information of cell phone. Is sent to a data encryption system to manage alerts and messages, Google's actions since January. And users can not turn off even when the device is reset to factory default matter.



A spokesman for Google said in January that Google has started to find out the code of Cell ID to increase the speed and efficiency of messaging, however, Google does not include Cell ID to sync network. Thus, these data are discarded immediately, and Google has updated the following will not seek re-Cell ID, since the end of November.

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