Chris Griffith – Australian Privacy Foundation https://privacy.org.au Defending your right to be free from intrusion Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:50:59 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://privacy.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-logo_horizontal2-32x32.png Chris Griffith – Australian Privacy Foundation https://privacy.org.au 32 32 Google knows your every move even with ‘location history’ off – Android users are being misled over Google’s incognito privacy feature. https://t.co/M8RNuLvUmm Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:13:55 +0000 https://privacy.org.au/?p=4368 Android handsets are tracking where users are, and sending that information to Google, even if ­location history settings are turned off and the incognito privacy feature is turned on.

Tests conducted by The Australian in Sydney — in which information being sent to Google was duplicated and analysed — show the technology giant tracks the phone’s movement even when those settings, ostensibly meant to protect the privacy of users, are ­activated.

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Tests conducted by The Australian in Sydney — in which information being sent to Google was duplicated and analysed — show the technology giant tracks the phone’s movement even when those settings, ostensibly meant to protect the privacy of users, are ­activated.

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