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Changing Android Wallpapers Threaten your Privacy
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<blockquote data-quote="Orchid" data-source="post: 1022537" data-attributes="member: 98800"><p>MalwareTips Community,</p><p></p><p>I'm sure everyone had changed the default android wallpaper when we first set up our phones (I know I have). However, I don't think many of us thought twice that changing something as simple as a phone wallpaper would make us identifiable. In 2021, a study found that changing the default android wallpaper starting from Android 12 does create a unique ID on our phone due to the "Material You" design Google had implemented. Detailed information from this study is here: <a href="https://fingerprint.com/blog/how-android-wallpaper-images-threaten-privacy/" target="_blank">How Android Wallpaper Images Can Threaten Your Privacy</a>. What do you think about this, and does this information change your mind about customizing your phone wallpaper?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orchid, post: 1022537, member: 98800"] MalwareTips Community, I'm sure everyone had changed the default android wallpaper when we first set up our phones (I know I have). However, I don't think many of us thought twice that changing something as simple as a phone wallpaper would make us identifiable. In 2021, a study found that changing the default android wallpaper starting from Android 12 does create a unique ID on our phone due to the "Material You" design Google had implemented. Detailed information from this study is here: [URL='https://fingerprint.com/blog/how-android-wallpaper-images-threaten-privacy/']How Android Wallpaper Images Can Threaten Your Privacy[/URL]. What do you think about this, and does this information change your mind about customizing your phone wallpaper? [/QUOTE]
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