What’s new in Android privacy

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Android 12 adds concrete privacy controls and measurable results: mic and camera indicators and device-wide mic/camera toggles show access in real time, a Privacy Dashboard 24‑hour timeline records mic camera and location, clipboard reads show a toast, and permissions auto‑reset already affected 8.5 million apps. Location gains approximate location (users choose foreground ~80% of the time), motion sampling caps at 200 Hz with a new permission for higher rates, Nearby permission replaces using location for Bluetooth, and an isolated Private Compute Core plus an open‑source Private Compute Services APK handles on‑device ML.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:35Transparency
3. 4:46Controls
4. 8:32Permissions
5. 11:43Private Compute Core

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