Google's Android 16 will feature a new security setting, alerting users when their device connects to an unencrypted, potentially fake 'Stingray' cell tower.

Stingrays work by mimicking cell towers. When a smartphone connects to the fake network, its operator can track the device ...

After a few days of using Android 16 I had a sudden urge to double check that the update had actually taken hold. The ...

With Android 16, Google is rolling out a new feature that will notify users when they are connected to an unencrypted cell ...

Google’s upcoming Android 16 operating system will introduce a new security feature designed to alert users when their device connects to potentially malicious mobile networks or cell-site simulators, ...

An upcoming Android update will introduce a warning system to help users detect one of the most elusive forms of digital ...

Android 16 has a new "network notifications" feature that can warn you when your device might be connected to a fake cell ...

A new Android 16 feature can now notify users when there is a fake and insecure cell network that someone may be using to spy ...

Another kind of stingray poses wildly different dangers. Electronic devices called stingrays dupe nearby mobile devices into thinking they’re cell towers. When the devices conne ...

However, law enforcement is not above snooping on cell phones, and their tactics are usually much harder to detect. Cell site ...

Android 16 has a new security featured called "Advanced Protection." I recently enabled it, and I think anyone with Android 16 should, too.

Android 16 is coming to Motorola! Here’s the release date, eligible devices list, and new features, and everything else you ...