Android’s new Intrusion Logging feature is an important step for protecting high-risk users such as journalists, activists, executives, government officials, and others who may be targeted by sophisticated spyware. Traditional mobile security often focuses on prevention, but advanced spyware attacks can be difficult to detect after compromise. By enabling persistent, privacy-preserving forensic logs as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode, Google is giving users and trusted security experts a better way to investigate suspicious activity.

The feature’s design is especially relevant because logs are end-to-end encrypted, stored securely, and protected from tampering by malware on the device. At the same time, users should understand the privacy trade-off: system-level logs may include network activity such as DNS lookups and IP connections, including activity from Incognito sessions. This is not a feature every user will need, but for high-risk individuals, it can provide crucial evidence after an attack. Apparently, in 2026, even proving that your phone was hacked now requires a forensic black box, because spyware vendors were clearly not content ruining only desktops.

Google on Tuesday unveiled a new opt-in Android feature called Intrusion Logging for storing forensic logs to better analyze sophisticated spyware attacks. Intrusion Logging, available as part of Advanced Protection Mode, enables "persistent and privacy-preserving forensics logging to allow for investigation of devices in the event of a suspected compromise," the company said. The feature, it

Source: Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics via The Hacker News — published 13 May 2026.