But this week, the United States Justice Department revealed one of its biggest operations to tackle IT workers to date. The DOJ says it has identified six Americans who allegedly helped enable the schemes and has arrested one of them. After a quiet period in 2024, the Scattered Spider hackers have returned this year and are ruthlessly targeting retailers, insurers, and airlines. The devices, which impersonate cell towers and intercept communications, can collect call metadata, location information, and other traffic about what you do on your devices. However, while the settings will reportedly be available in Android 16, it may take some time for Android devices to widely use the required hardware.