You may not know it, but if you walk into a retail store with a smart phone, that store could be tracking your every move. And they’ve been doing it for some time as evidenced by this story that I wrote on this practise almost a year ago. That should bother you as I’m sure you don’t want your every move tracked by a third party. In response to this, AVG has come out with an update to their AVG PrivacyFix application for Android where a new Wi-Fi Do Not Track (DNT) feature has been added. It’s aimed at giving consumers the choice to block tracking of their location enabled by Wi-Fi networks in retail stores and other public venues.
The new Wi-Fi DNT feature within AVG PrivacyFix for Android enables users to have the Wi-Fi on their smartphones automatically suspended when they are out and about, only reconnecting in the vicinity of pre-set trusted Wi-Fi networks, such as their home, office or regular coffee shop, for example. That way retailers and others cannot track you. AVG PrivacyFix featuring the new Wi-Fi DNT feature has been developed as an additional element to the existing AVG PrivacyFix application, which allows people to manage their privacy settings across popular online sites, such as Facebook and Google+ and is available now to download for Android smartphones here.
A question to AVG, when’s the iOS version of this coming? Those users, like yours truly would like to see the same sort of protection.
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AVG Delivers Wi-Fi Do Not Track feature for Android Users
You may not know it, but if you walk into a retail store with a smart phone, that store could be tracking your every move. And they’ve been doing it for some time as evidenced by this story that I wrote on this practise almost a year ago. That should bother you as I’m sure you don’t want your every move tracked by a third party. In response to this, AVG has come out with an update to their AVG PrivacyFix application for Android where a new Wi-Fi Do Not Track (DNT) feature has been added. It’s aimed at giving consumers the choice to block tracking of their location enabled by Wi-Fi networks in retail stores and other public venues.
The new Wi-Fi DNT feature within AVG PrivacyFix for Android enables users to have the Wi-Fi on their smartphones automatically suspended when they are out and about, only reconnecting in the vicinity of pre-set trusted Wi-Fi networks, such as their home, office or regular coffee shop, for example. That way retailers and others cannot track you. AVG PrivacyFix featuring the new Wi-Fi DNT feature has been developed as an additional element to the existing AVG PrivacyFix application, which allows people to manage their privacy settings across popular online sites, such as Facebook and Google+ and is available now to download for Android smartphones here.
A question to AVG, when’s the iOS version of this coming? Those users, like yours truly would like to see the same sort of protection.
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