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  • Android Gets New Security Features, but Still Has Remaining Issues

    by Ben Pearson
    August 28th, 2014

    Android’s latest version, 4.3, has a multitude of new additions that improve its security. For starters, it now includes SELinux, a resource and process access control list that makes it easier to contain applications to a sandbox. The operating system also features a selection of new key encryption mechanisms and support for WPA-2 Enterprise networks. Finally, Google now provides a lost phone finder service that can track your phone’s location on a map, turn the volume to max and play the ringer, and wipe  your data remotely in the case of theft. Even with all these new features, it might be a while for users to begin seeing them since most manufacturers have been exceptionally slow updating their phones.

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