Android 16 will protect users from fake cell towers and potential spy threats

It turns out that your smartphone may be a security vulnerability to ignore you at the risk of tracking. To combat this, Google introduces a new safety feature in Android 16 This will warn users if their devices use a fake or unsafe mobile network or if this network requests to determine information about a connected device.

However, it is possible that these features are not available to the next generation of Android devices, as I mentioned for the first time by Android salad. Since the current Android devices lack the devices to support these features, the first Android device may be compatible with this technology is Pixel 10 It is expected that for the first time later this summer.

This feature is designed to counter the cell site simulations, or devices that behave such as the cell tower and the devices close to their connection. Once you call, this simulation can get sensitive information, such as the smartphone site. It is better for these cell site simulations to be known by its commercial name, STININY, and it was And according to what was mentioned By agencies such as the United States for Immigration and Customs, as well as customs and border protection.

The next safety features are offered as part of Android operating system updateWhich was issued earlier this month. Compatible devices will have the option to switch or turn off “network notifications”, which will warn you if your device connects to an unencrypted network or when the connected network requests your unique phone definitions. Moreover, there is another option that allows you to run “2G protection” to avoid the type of lower safer mobile network.