Posted by Alumni from Wired
May 15, 2024
Billions of Android phones are getting new tools to stop phone thieves from accessing your information and to slow down their criminal behavior, Google announced today at its I/O developer conference. Android phones will soon use artificial intelligence to automatically detect when they have been snatched from your hand and lock themselves, as part of the new changes that include adding extra protections to secure your phone if it has been stolen. The upgrades'some of which will come with the Android 15 operating system, while others will be compatible with older phones'come as phone companies are increasingly building extra measures into their software to thwart rampant levels of phone thefts and further protect people's data. As well as the stolen phone tools, Google is introducing new changes to Android 15 that will scan how apps are using 'sensitive permissions' in real time to detect potentially suspicious app activities. Around the world, phone thefts are a huge problem'in... learn more