Places and Things

When you explicitly tell an Android app, “No, you don’t have permission to track my phone,” you probably expect that it won’t have abilities that let it do that. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686514/android-covert-channel-permissions-data-collection-imei-ssid-location https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64690192/acastro_180507_1777_android_privacy_0002.0.jpg

A lot has changed since Engadget was born, both in the gadgets we use and what we do with them on a regular basis. When the site started in 2004, fitness trackers, voice assistants and electric cars were the stuff of fiction. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/02/engadget-15-year-anniversary-15-things/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?crop=2000%2C1243%2C0%2C0&quality=85&format=jpg&resize=1600%2C994&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-03%2Fed2c1a80-3c33-11e9-9fbb-a9be6edcc082&client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&signature=51e1e1e8c1b534584e558bd7b9fb31abc08971a6

So, how many of you have picked one up? Do you use it? For what? Vote in the poll, and discuss in the comments below. http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/23/weekend-poll-do-you-have-a-google-home/ via Buffer