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One of the most prickly misconceptions around Android is that it’s completely incompatible with privacy. If you use Android, the wonky thinking goes, you’re giving into a lifetime of unavoidable ...

An IIT Delhi study reveals that Android apps with location access can gather more user information than anticipated, raising privacy issues.

Android is the most-used operating system on the planet. In this era of constant security attacks, that means Google's mobile OS has a target on its back. Without taking a few measures of your own, ...

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This unconventional approach will improve your Android phone's privacy, security, and performance — and bring a big boost to your personal productivity, too. Fair warning: This column is a fair bit ...

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The Unique Identification Authority of India has launched a new Aadhaar app for smartphones, enhancing privacy controls and ...