Google Android’s mobile operating system now restarts automatically if the phone is locked for three days in a row.
Monday, the technology giant Strong updates to Google Play servicesA central part of Android which provides features for applications and the operating system itself. The listed under “security and confidentiality” is a new safety feature that “automatically restarts your device if it is locked for 3 consecutive days”.
Last year, Apple deployed the same functionality for iOS. The reflection behind the addition of an automatic restart after a certain period of inactivity is to make life more difficult with someone who tries to unlock or extract data from a phone; For example, the police using a medical-legal analysis apparatus such as those manufactured by CelBrite or Magnet Forensics.
Before a phone was turned on and unlocked, some data stored inside is fully encrypted and more difficult to access without the user’s access code. This is known as the state “before the first unlocking”. Once unlocked, on the other hand, certain data is decrypted and can potentially be accessible by bruising the password or by taking advantage of the safety defects, which is generally the functioning of the forensic appliances of the law. This state is known as “After First Unlock”.
Google did not respond to a request for comments, asking what was the motivation behind this new feature.
