GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前Android phones will soon reboot if they’re locked for a few dayswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkAndroid phones will soon reboot if they’re locked for a few dayswww.theverge.comGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前message-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-28 个月前It’s more than that. After restart your phone goes into a more-secure Before First Unlock (BFU) state so it’s much harder to penetrate. Apple started doing this a few months ago and I guess Google is just catching up.
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 个月前Thank you for the info. I read up more on BFU and I didn’t realize that encryption was a requirement for Android 10 and higher. Very interesting. What I read: Dakota State University DigForCE Lab: BFU and AFU Lock States
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 个月前Yeah I learned about it from reading up on the Israeli hacking software called Pegasus. There were several devices that they could hack in AFU state but not in BFU state.
It’s more than that. After restart your phone goes into a more-secure Before First Unlock (BFU) state so it’s much harder to penetrate.
Apple started doing this a few months ago and I guess Google is just catching up.
Thank you for the info.
I read up more on BFU and I didn’t realize that encryption was a requirement for Android 10 and higher.
Very interesting.
What I read: Dakota State University DigForCE Lab: BFU and AFU Lock States
Yeah I learned about it from reading up on the Israeli hacking software called Pegasus. There were several devices that they could hack in AFU state but not in BFU state.