FCC considers new rules to stop the scammers from hijacking the cell phone.

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 SIM swapping and port-out fraud can be fatal to your personal information. The FCC is looking for new rules to amend for the tightening security around your data and phones in order to prevent the sim swapping and port out frauds in which fraudsters can access the personal information and phone number for nefarious purposes. The agency revealed that it has received numerous complaints from the consumers and has suffered financial harm and significant distress due to this. Sim swapping is when someone hijacks your phone number to interfere with the two-factor authentication code(which you use to verify login access or account access). The anonymous access the phones and sends the data to the other device without the user's consent and permissions and they even won't know that their data are exposed. Port-out fraud occurs when the fraudsters open an account with different cell phone carriers than the victims and has the victim's phone number transferred to the new account wi...
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Android's new launch gonna beat IOS in terms of privacy now.

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 We all are familiar with privacy and other stuff related to it. But here's the bang to Apple after the release of the new beta1 version of Android 12. So what's new in Android privacy? We've been underestimating the  Android for the privacy concerns over the IOS but wait a sec. for now. Now before you say anything about it. You'll be banged because after this release it's really tough for the one to decide which is on the top. So for now let's go further in it to see what's new in it.



Here are some changes made in the Android as compared to the previous ones.

Privacy Dashboard- Users are often confused about the permissions the app is using. So here's the solution to it. Android added a privacy dashboard where you'll analyze your last 24 hours of the app access to permissions.

Privacy dashboard and location timeline




Microphone and Camera Indicator- Most often we either put black tape on the front camera or microphone to avoid the transparency between you and the hacker because you are pretty not sure whether the app is using your camera and microphone or not. So the solution to it arrives where you'll be able to see the indicator of camera and microphone logos on the top right corner if any accesses to it. At the same time, you can turn it off or on from the notification toggle bar. It is being assured that nothing goes beyond your permissions.

Microphone and camera indicator and toggles

                               

Approximate Location- There are many times where we're unexpectedly seeing that the apps have tracked our location precisely and we were unknown to it. But I think this problem is gonna be resolved now as it is reported that only the apps you want to use can have a location. It can't access your location without your permission. While my suggestion would be to ask for permission every time the app opens. This'll let the user know.

Location permission dialogue box with approximate and precise location.

Clipboard Read Notification- Mostly we copy from emails, sites, even passwords, and many more other places but the data which we copy to the clipboard can be sensitive. So the users will see a toast at the bottom of the screen each time an app calls getPrimaryClip(). The toast won't appear if it's not originated from the same app.

Nearby Device Permission- Android minimizes data access by adding a new runtime feature for reading the permission of nearby experiences that don't use location. Up until now devices such as Bluetooth headphones, wearable devices seeks permission to read the nearby location for pairing. Earlier users said that it was confusing whether it used to ask for the devices or some other purposes and the users gave permission to it when it wasn't needed. But now you'll have the option to decouple them.

App Hibernation- This feature was already there since the last updates. If an app is not used for 14 days consistently long time it used to optimize and hibernate it. This year they're gonna build an auto-reset by intelligently hibernating apps to provide device storage, safety, and privacy. This not only stops the permission but also forces stop the app automatically. Seems kinda interesting, isn't it?

So this is all about it for now. What's your view? Isn't there gonna be a tough competition between the two tech giants ruling the world at their fingertips? For me there's gonna be a race now who is gonna makes the first move to win. LOL! Thanks for reading. Peace 😄✌.





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