Google warns millions to change WiFi setting over security issues: check if your phone is affected

Google warns millions to change WiFi setting over security issues: check if your phone is affected

Millions of Android users may be affected by vulnerabilities in the system.

Google strongly advises people with these devices to protect themselves by tweaking two features.

Google issued a ‘severe’ alert to millions of Android users advising them to stitch off two dangerous settings as soon as possible.

According to Google's Project Zero team which is dedicated to security research, the vulnerabilities impact phones as well as cars. They found a total of eighteen vulnerabilities.

Only a select few Android devices are impacted. They include the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 from Google and Samsung's S22, M33, M13, M12, A71, A53, A33, A21s, A13, A12 and A04.

Mobile devices from Vivo, including those in the S16, S15, S6, X70, X60 and X30 series, are affected too.

Any vehicles that use an Exynos Auto T5123 chipset are also at risk.

The impacted devices use one of Samsung's modems.