Apple and Google join forces! A new feature alerts users on both iOS & Android if unknown Bluetooth trackers are following them.

In a collaborative effort, Apple and Google have developed an industry-standard detection feature called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers” (DULT) for Bluetooth trackers. This standard allows users on iOS and Android devices to be alerted if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is monitoring their location.

  • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
    56·
    4 months ago

    I mean on Android you can just use Aurora or NeoStore which make it extremely easy to identify all sorts of trackers, but then you realize most of Google’s stuff falls into that…

    • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
      31·
      4 months ago

      This is about trackers as in devices which can geolocate, such as Apple’s airtags, not privacy-invading data collection in apps. Google obviously wouldn’t care to address the latter.