here's how to use them – UNIAN

Google recently released an important update for Android aimed at combating the use of Bluetooth trackers for spying purposes. Now it has become easier to identify and neutralize such devices, writes CNET.

Trackers, such as Apple AirTag and similar ones, were originally created to find lost items. But the media reported cases where attackers used trackers for illegal tracking, for example, by planting them in a bag or car. In 2022, Apple even received a class action lawsuit over AirTag surveillance.

Google and other companies earlier this year introduced an alert feature for unknown trackers. Now these measures are strengthened by two new features:

• The first allows you to turn off for 24 hours…