The new version of Android will encrypt default user data

The ability to encrypt user data for users of Android devices existed (since 2011) and exists now, but this feature was offered as an option. Now, in the new version of the mobile operating system Google, data encryption will be enabled when the device is activated, by default.

Google Inc. announced its intention to encrypt user data by default in new versions of Android, following Apple’s announcement of new steps to introduce additional protection of user data in its software and hardware products.
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The end result - all data will be available to the user only after entering the correct password. “In the next release of Android OS, encryption will be enabled by default and work out of the box, so you don’t need to worry about enabling this feature,” said a spokesman for the corporation.

According to company representatives, Google has been working on introducing a new encryption system for several months. And such a move is due, primarily, to the intention of large technological corporations to avoid significant pressure from government agencies on users working with products of such companies. Default encryption is one of the important steps towards protecting private information from external interference.

The next version of the mobile OS from Google is called Android L. The system has undergone significant changes, both purely visual and additions and changes to various functions and features.

As for Apple, the company will also encrypt all user data in the new iOS 8, you can upgrade to this version of the OS now.

Via theverge