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Android’s unknown tracker alerts feature is getting an update that makes it easier to stop people from tracking you.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

so if I were to steal something just hang in a mcdonalds for an hour or two till the alert appears, then pause tracking for 24 hours and go home and hit it with a hammer? works for me.

I swear google doesn't think this stuff through lol

Being said that doesn't mean it can't bounce off another person's device on the way, so there's that at least