Re:To hack an Android phone, just type in a really long pass...
by cnvogel on Monday September 21, 2015 @10:20AM
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> and you're going to be personally responsible for its security
Well... but Android is a year long (8 years since the first beta) effort backed by Google (55k employees) and companies like Samsung (490k employees). They might spare a few people coming up with a scheme for data encryption that works?
And really, I don't claim it's easy, and I don't claim that I personally could come up with something even halfway resembling Apple's solution. But Android seems, unfortunately, to not even be trying.
Well... but Android is a year long (8 years since the first beta) effort backed by Google (55k employees) and companies like Samsung (490k employees). They might spare a few people coming up with a scheme for data encryption that works?
And really, I don't claim it's easy, and I don't claim that I personally could come up with something even halfway resembling Apple's solution. But Android seems, unfortunately, to not even be trying.