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

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

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

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

To combat this, Google is rolling out a new security feature in Android 16 that will warn users if their device is using a ...

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 ...

Google has been working on blocking these Stingray devices for a while. With Android 15, Google added support for notifying the OS when the network requests a device’s unique identifiers or tries to ...

Android 15 is finally out with a focus on security and privacy powered by features like Theft Detection and Private Space. Cellular security upgrades, first seen in beta, were expected to be ...

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