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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Android Lockbox OK for now

SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge dismissed, with leave to amend, a class-action lawsuit against Google for surveilling Android smartphone users with a secret program called “Android Lockbox,” which allegedly collects sensitive user data.

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