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Google doesn't design android hardware outside of their own models. It's not within Google's power (realistically speaking) to force all hardware vendors to sta
by kakarot 9y ago
Google doesn't design android hardware outside of their own models. It's not within Google's power (realistically speaking) to force all hardware vendors to start manufacturing secure enclave.
This evolution in hardware design will start at the top companies and young startup companies (far and few between in the cellphone market) and trickle down to the rest as the price becomes commoditized.
- paulie_a 9y agoIt is within their power: "play store now requires secure enclave for new devices"
- thomashabets2 9y agoAnd that's how Amazon's Android play store wins. Or Samsung's, or one of the other ones. Google by design isn't the dictator of the entire ecosystem. Not like Apple. Nowhere near.
- veeti 9y agoEvery modern SoC has TrustZone.