---
title: "Google’s Android 17 Turns On New Privacy Feature—But Your Browsing Isn’t Fully Hidden"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/googles-android-17-turns-on-new-privacy-feature-but-your-browsing-isnt-fully-hidden/
date: 2026-08-27
modified: 2026-08-27
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "Google's new privacy standard scrambles the one field of a web request that still travels in the clear: the name of the site being opened."
categories:
  - "Technology"
word_count: 25
---

# Google’s Android 17 Turns On New Privacy Feature—But Your Browsing Isn’t Fully Hidden

Google's new privacy standard scrambles the one field of a web request that still travels in the clear: the name of the site being opened.