Article from CyberSecurity Insider reveals that Apple and Android phones installed a COVID19 “tracker” without users permission that is activated every time you turn on your bluetooth.
According to the article:
All of sudden, a function dubbed as ‘COVID 19 Exposure Logging’ is being observed in the settings section of both iPhone and Android devices. And security experts discovered that these applications were developed by the tech giants to run in tandem with the govt backed novel COVID 19 tracking software- all to alert users as soon as they come in contact with the infected patients.
For Android users, the function can be found in the section of the Android settings, and on iPhone, the function is seen in the ‘Privacy- Health’ section.
What’s concerning, is that some people, from Germany who are using a government-recommended virus tracking app, complain that their phones have turned into battery guzzling monsters, as soon as the new ‘COVID-19 exposure feature’ started to show in their device settings from mid-May 2020 via a software update.
It certainly seems that tech giants feel completely entitled to your privacy, especially when emboldened by “on-the-spot” government discretion. It makes me very comfortable to know billionaires and people in power can snoop everyone’s privacy and don’t even have the courtesy to ask permission for it.
Ok google, I’m on the toilet, leave me alone. Creeps.
