Protecting users from unwanted tracking

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more programmable processors in communication with the memory, and configured to:
• detect a tracking device in proximity to the computing device;
• determine whether the tracking device is known to the computing device;
• responsive to determining that the tracking device is unknown to the computing device, send to a remote computing system, a location report that includes a location of the tracking device;
• receive, from the remote computing system, a command to cause the tracking device to operate in an unwanted tracking prevention mode;
• and
• cause the tracking device to operate in the unwanted tracking prevention mode by at least sending the command to the tracking device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a computing device to:

• detect a tracking device in proximity to the computing device;
• determine whether the tracking device is known to the computing device;
• responsive to determining that the tracking device is unknown to the computing device, send to a remote computing system, a location report that includes a location of the tracking device;
• receive, from the remote computing system, a command to cause the tracking device to operate in an unwanted tracking prevention mode;
• and
• cause the tracking device to operate in the unwanted tracking prevention mode by at least sending the command to the tracking device.