Google admits collecting Android
users’ locations even when devices are disabled, a Quartz investigation
reported on Thursday.
“It seems quite intrusive for
Google to be collecting such information that is only relevant to carrier
networks when there are no SIM card or enabled services,’’ Matthew Hickey, a
security expert and researcher, told media in London.
Since the beginning of 2017,
Android phones have been collecting the addresses of nearby cellular towers and
sending the data to Google’s system, according to a Google spokesperson.
Therefore Google has access to
data about individuals’ locations and movements, even when their phones are
turned off or disconnected from the Internet, which violates the privacy of
smartphone users.
The spokesperson said the
collected data was never used or stored and promised that by the end of
November, Android phones would no longer send cellular tower location data to
Google.
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