Although the Google has not yet given details, through an official statement, a representative of the company told the Washington Post that they plan to make the encryption data, default setting to Android L the operating system, which will be released next month.
"The last three years, the Android has provided encryption, and the keys are stored in the device, so the data cannot be shared with law enforcement,” its spokesperson said Google. Niki Christoff in the Washington Post. "In the next release of Android, encryption will be enabled by default so that you do not even have to think to enable it."
Remember that encryption exists in some Appliances Android by 2011, but users had to manually activate the function.
As mentioned earlier yesterday, Apple's mobile operating system iOS 8, which was released on Wednesday, also brings new auto-encryption methods that prevent Apple from accessing user data.
The encryption methods adopted by Apple - and now the Google – make it much more difficult for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access his data smartphone without having the owner's password, even if they have a court order to do so.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with PBS that "if the government calls on Apple to provide data", "we no longer have the key. The door is closed. "
These are the good news. Of course, we can not know the agreements made under the table. Until the next Snowden appears.
