How Android 17 stops network snoops and SMS blasters now - with ECH and a 2G kill switch

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ECH will help hide which websites you visit on your Android phone. By blocking 2G connections, you're protected from malicious SMS-blaster connections. ECH is still being rolled out, so even if your phone supports it, your connection may still be unsafe. According to Google, Android 17 offers a few new ways of keeping your connections secure and private. On Thursday, the company announced that Android 17 is the first mobile operating system to support Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), a TLS privacy feature that hides destination domain names. The release also enforces new local-network…