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Cerberus: Google Insists on a Notification While Tracking Device Location
Cerberus, the anti-theft application has released a statement saying that Google requires them to show a notification when the device is tracked. Read on!
For those of you who haven't used Cerberus before, it's a security suite that comes into play when your device is stolen or lost. You can have selfie camera images sent to your email when a wrong password is entered, enable Android Wear integration, receive coded SMS messages if mobile data is switched off in order to perform actions, send screenshots and do a whole lot more. You can even protect Cerberus from factory resets which will allow it to persist across Android versions and continue to hide and keep collecting data. If you're interested in how far this can go, you should check out the short film/documentary "Find my Phone" below:
Google Silently Removed Mentions of an "HTC Cerberus" from Pixel XL Source Code [Update: More Evidence]
Commits in the source code for the Google Pixel XL show that mentions of an unknown HTC device named 'Cerberus' was removed from AOSP.
Update 5:00PM CST: It has been brought to our attention that there is more evidence regarding HTC's involvement in the software development of the Pixel devices, see the addendum at the end of the article.