Here’s what Google is doing to protect Android users from spying apps

[Jacob Siegal]

Now that we know just how much of our data is being collected and sold every day, the conversation surrounding user privacy is never going to end. We expect the companies we support to do their part in protecting us from the apps, the sites, and the services that we access on their platforms, and some have made it a top priority.

For example, Apple now forces developers to make their apps ask permission to track users. In fact, we learned this week that Apple has even started rejecting apps that try to track users without prompting them first. These are steps in the right direction as end users attempt to gain some semblance of control over their private data again, and in a similar fashion, Google is making a change to Android that should please privacy advocates.

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