Google would have a technological plan to find mobile devices around the world, but it has a problem along the way and it's called Apple. The reasons for this interruption are associated with a "protection permission for iOS" that must be deployed from Cupertino (Apple headquarters), and at the moment it has not been managed.
Google has been very patient with this issue that would help find lost Android phones in the world, which raises a question. What does Apple have to do with all this if it is Google's management of Android? To know more about this, we tell you everything below.
What is the technological plan that Google wants to carry out to track lost smartphones?
Google has spent years developing a plan that allows Android users to track lost smartphones around the world. For example, if you forgot your phone on the subway, Google wants to use the coverage of other Android devices to find lost phone.
The goal is to use the most 3.000 million Android devices in the world as a kind of network of locator antennas. There is currently a specification that protects iOS and Android phones against unknown trackers, which has not been approved by the Internet Engineering Working Group.
Google has everything ready and has been very patient, but Apple has not yet decided to activate the protection. This means that if it is not activated, iOS users can be tracked without their consent or prior notification, which represents a violation of their privacy.
Apple has become a stumbling block for Google and its implementation of tracking lost smartphones. Until the Cupertino team activates similar protection on iOS, the Mountain View team will continue to have its hands tied.
For now, we just have to wait for Apple to decide to activate this protection so that Google can take that long-awaited step. There is no set date, you just have to be patient and pay attention to new announcements. What do you think about this development by the big G?
