Google’s Android 17 Turns On New Privacy Feature—But Your Browsing Isn’t Fully Hidden
In brief Android 17 adds platform support for Encrypted Client Hello, which encrypts the domain name sent when a connection opens so the network can't read the destination. Google describes the release as the first broad Encrypted Client Hello rollout on a major mobile OS, built with its Jigsaw team and outside developers.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: In brief Android 17 adds platform support for Encrypted Client Hello, which encrypts the domain name sent when a connection opens so the network can't read the destination.
- Fact 2: Google's mobile operating system Android 17 now turns on Encrypted Client Hello, a privacy standard that hides a web request's destination from the network carrying it.
- Fact 3: Google's post limits the claim to "supported websites and apps," and the company is pushing developers to upgrade to OkHttp 5.5.0 and enable the feature.
- Fact 4: Android 17 also turns on Certificate Transparency by default and requires apps to ask permission before scanning a local network.
In brief Android 17 adds platform support for Encrypted Client Hello, which encrypts the domain name sent when a connection opens so the network can't read the destination. Google describes the release as the first broad Encrypted Client Hello rollout on a major mobile OS, built with its Jigsaw team and outside developers.
The protection covers only sites and apps that have switched Encrypted Client Hello on; a destination that hasn't still exposes its domain to carriers, Wi-Fi operators, and network snoops. If you're an Android user, your internet browsing just got a little more private. Google's mobile operating system Android 17 now turns on Encrypted Client Hello, a privacy standard that hides a web request's destination from the network carrying it.
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