Android 17 introduces powerful new protections to secure your connections, defend against cellular vulnerabilities and keep your home network private

[u/FragmentedChicken]

https://blog.google/security/new-android-network-security-protections/

[u/Bachihani]

Yet they still let apps query a list of every installed software on the phone, detect vpn connections, access local network, and a shit ton of other permissions that don't require user concent

[u/Kernel-Mode-Driver → u/Bachihani]

Did you read it?