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Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection"

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:13:24 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :


>> I tend to skip Android's self-promotion of new features, but his one
>> seems like it's actually useful.
>> 
>>> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/googles-advanced-protection-arrives-android-should-you-use-it
> 
> I thought google only recommended that feature for "prominent" people, 
> such as politicians?

My free Galaxy was born in 2021 so it's not going to get Android 16.
Even so, I ask... What's the actual advantages of "advanced protection"?
And disadvantages?

As Andy noted, it's seems to be primarily for "at risk" individuals.
a. It requires a security key (or passkey) for the Google Account
b. It requires trusted apps (primarily loaded from Google's repository)
c. It runs stricter download checks (and will block some downloads)
d. It runs Google Play Protect (but that's not different, is it?)
e. It runs Safe Browse (protection from malicious sites)
f. Automatically reboots after 72 hours of being locked (encrypts data)
g. Prevents data transfer over USB when the phone is locked
h. Allows only "verified apps" (mostly Google) to access account data
i. Anything else?

Apparently it breaks the javascript optimizer in Chrome but more to the
point, apparently we already can do all that stuff already, without it.

Seems to me to be hocus pocus for people who don't know computers.
But, I guess that's most people so maybe it's good for morons out there.

Whaddya think?
Q: What is the actual advantage of "advanced protection"?>
A: ?

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Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2025-06-28 07:59 -0700
  Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-06-28 16:13 +0100
    Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-28 17:51 +0000
      Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-06-29 11:03 +0200
    Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-06-28 21:51 +0200
      Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-29 02:55 +0000
      Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-06-29 11:04 +0200
        Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-29 18:10 -0500
          Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Yusuf Khan <yusuf.khan.nospam@ptcl.net.pk> - 2025-06-30 10:51 +0500
          Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-06-30 19:56 +0200
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            Re: Android 16 adds "Advanced Protection" VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-01 05:51 -0500
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