Google to let Android smartphone users see what data developers collect

[Chris]

Google to let Android smartphone users see what data developers collect

Google said it will create a new safety section in its Play mobile-app store that will let Android smartphone users see what data developers collect about them and share, plus give access to additional privacy and security information.

Android app developers have until the second quarter of 2022 to declare this information, the Alphabet Inc. unit said Thursday in a blog post.

Users will begin seeing the safety section in Google Play sometime in the first three months of 2022.

[Bloomberg]

 

[prod]

Lol we've been having this on iPhone since *checks notes* two weeks ago!

Oh wait never mind, this doesn't actually do anything

 

[killerbyte]

Cue Zuckerberg losing his mind over this.

 

[Thor]

So Apple and Google both going after Facebook now.

I wonder what Zuckerberg did, I mean I don't like the guy, but silicon valley is a clique so clearly, he pissed off people or screwed someone's boyfriend.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Good, also add a option to block these data collections/ trackers

 

[Gambit]

Good, also add a option to block these data collections/ trackers

Unfortunately, Google being an advertising company will probably never add this to Android or Chrome on the desktop.