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Android devices aren't encrypted by default, Google backtracked on that. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/03/google-quietly-backs-away-from-encrypting-new-l
by IBM 11y ago
Android devices aren't encrypted by default, Google backtracked on that.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/03/google-quietly-backs-away-from-encrypting-new-lollipop-devices-by-default/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/03/google-quietly-backs-...
- mike_hearn 11y agoNew ones are, I think. The Nexus 6 is. Older devices don't necessarily get upgraded. It's a hardware/software issue, not a philosophical issue.
- lern_too_spel 11y agoGoogle devices are, as I said. Mentioning that other Android devices aren't is like saying other Linux distros don't use RPM in response to a statement that Redhat does.
- x0054 11y agoSo are iOS devices that have a passcode and are running iOS 8, and with fingerprint scanning a lot more people have password locked devices. Good article on the subject is here: http://www.darthnull.org/2014/10/06/ios-encryption http://www.darthnull.org/2014/10/06/ios-encryption