The security measures that Google has implemented in Android can already ensure a very high protection. But in addition to these media, the Open Source version of Android, the AOSP, now has a new feature.
Android will soon have a way to be blocked and deleted remotely from devices where it is running. This “kill switch” will guarantee a 100% protection.
This new measure of protection is being created to bring Android to the possibility of being locked remotely by users , operators or even by Google whenever a device is lost or stolen. With a call to Android you can leave your smartphone or completely unusable tablet without it can later be recovered and sold.
This is a very heavy measure to be applied, but will be the safest way to It is achieved by the elimination of user data and also the Android itself. To apply this measure will be deleted all data from devices partitions, making it completely useless and locked.
The new feature is already present in developing repositories of the latest version of the AOSP and may well be incorporated by Google in Android N, which is still to be finished to be released during the summer.
the” kill switch “will most likely be included in the various tools that Google has for monitoring, location and control of lost equipment
. this should be a measure to be used by users in the last resort and only in support of action to derail the equipment. From the moment in which data is erased, the devices become unusable. Probably Google will develop in the future a way these can be retrieved.
The security levels are growing in Android and become stronger. After the control given by the Manager of Devices and recovery block associated to the last set Google account, this kill switch may be as many wanted to destroy permanently smartphones or stolen or lost tablets.
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