Android Q gets the privacy controls Google should have added years ago
Android Q will stop apps from tracking your location when you’re not using them.
As tech giants come under fire for facilitating the widespread collection and sale of personal data, Google has read the room and will add new privacy features to Android. In the next version of the operating system, called Android Q, apps will need explicit permission to track users’ locations while running in the background. Android Q will also limit access to hardware information (presumably to stop device fingerprinting), and will no longer track “affinity” for contacts, which means apps won’t be able to see who users interact with the most.