Palantir's ELITE app generates detailed data-filled digital maps to track individuals targeted for deportation.

If you never want to see a tracking prompt again, Apple lets you shut off tracking requests systemwide in iOS. This is the fastest way to lock everything down in one step. When the setting is off, ...

Google is rolling out a useful update for its Find Hub app on Android, which adds multiple map layers to offer users a richer device-tracking experience. So far, Find Hub only offered users a basic ...

Following last week’s quiet release of Find Hub for Wear OS, Google is rolling out support for map layers on Android. This quality-of-life improvement adds a tiny FAB (floating action button) just ...

Android 16 QPR3 will introduce a subtle feature that reveals which app is accessing a user's location at a given time. The update, which will roll out in March 2026 and is now available via beta, adds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Google’s next Android update looks set to come with a critical new ...

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 brings back the expandable location indicator, a feature Google previously tested in Android 13 but never released. Tapping the new blue status bar icon opens a privacy dialog ...

Google is rolling out the Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 update to compatible Pixel devices, and among the build’s headline features is a new privacy-related feature: a location indicator (via Android ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...

Have you ever wondered how developers turn innovative AI concepts into fully functional, scalable applications? Imagine crafting an app powered by generative AI, one that adapts intelligently to user ...

The creator of an iPhone app that alerted users to sightings of U.S. immigration agents sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging officials violated his First Amendment rights by pressuring ...

The government said the rules were needed to prevent theft and other crime. Its opponents and privacy activists regard the app as a tool of mass surveillance. By Alex Travelli and Pragati K.B.