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Android 16 can tip you off if someone is snooping on you using 'stingray' devices

This upcoming feature flags sketchy cell networks, but most phones today don’t have the hardware to handle it.

Android 16 will be able to sniff out fake cell towers and shady networks, giving you a heads-up before your phone spills your secrets to data thieves. Android 16 is bringing a new security upgrade that sniffs out sketchy cell networks and fake towers to give you a heads-up if something shady pops up, keeping data thieves off your trail. With Android 15, the tech giant baked in smarter defenses that catch when a network tries to grab your phone’s unique identifiers or mess with encryption.

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