Launched Android devices Marshmallow should bring … – Tudocelular.com

When Google launched Android Lollipop, the search giant kicked off the implementation of a native encryption in the system to make information from users safer. The news comes on by default in Nexus Nexus 6 and 9. However, the manufacturers refused to use the feature in their release due to loss of performance and reduced battery life. As a result, Android’s creator just made it clear in the system documentation that was highly recommended to use encryption to reduce the risk of losing important data.

Now in Android Marshmallow Google wants to ‘force’ the use of encryption in new devices released with this version of the system. So when you buy a Galaxy or Xperia, for example, during the Android setup stage will be informed about the encryption system and its benefits. But what about the performance loss, as is? Google announces the new documentation that only devices that contain memory with performance rate of over 50 MB / s in Advanced Encryption Standard mode (AES) is that should provide encryption natively. Thus, the simplest models will be left out.

And the current market models that have been launched with Lollipop and will be upgraded to Marshmallow? Google advises that this choice is left to each manufacturer. They should enable or not the appeal, informing its customers that the novelty will involve a great security risk and performance on the smartphone. In addition, Google wants manufacturers encourage their users to use stronger passwords on smartphones. It does not help enable encryption if you leave your phone unprotected on the lock screen and uses a very obvious password.

Such measures may be annoying to some, but it should not take to come up solutions to disable such encryption as with the Nexus 6 and 9. It really is remarkable Google’s concern may leave your system more secure, but it should be a user’s choice, not hers or smartphone manufacturer. Many find it annoying having to enter a password each time you unlock the phone and end up using a simpler standard or even not using some form of locking. Anyway, let’s wait and see how the manufacturers will react to such changes.