Sunday, May 24, 2015

Researchers can reverse factory restore … – Info Online

If you thought their data was 100% safe when disbanded daquelesmartphone usadoao restore it to embodiments of factory, we have bad news.

A survey conducted by the University of Cambridge found that the function to reset devices with Android can not be as efficient as pensvamos.

According to the research team, it is possible that between 500 and 630 million Android devices in to be able to completely erase osdados its internal drives and SD cards.

This is because, when testing 21 devices running versions 2.3 to 4.3 at the five different manufacturers restored comconfiguraes Android, researchers were able to recover several data each device even if they were to encrypted disks.

During testing, it was possible to retrieve data such as contacts, images, videos, texts, emails and applications at login information as Facebook and WhatsApp . They could also restore necessria key to access all usurio data from Google 80% of smartphones.

There are several reasons for this type of restoration of factory fail. According to the authors of the study, some times manufacturers carry all the necessary drivers to erase an internal card or disk memory altogether. In addition, so flash units notoriously difficult to erase.

Also in d to see if Google or the manufacturers involved in the tests are doing something to solve the problem. But, to donate, sell or dispose of your old unit, take care to use the password harder possible

Source: Engadget; CambridgeUniversity

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