ANDROID SECURITY

SECURITY 

I keep hearing conflicting arguments on the state of Android security. One user says it's more secure than the iPhone, but people laughed at him. Plus, I keep hearing about the threat of Android malware. Who's right? Is Android safe? Should I install security software like I do on Windows?

            The Android security debate isn't going to go away anytime soon. There are smart people on all sides of it, but at its core are a few important things every Android owner should know.So, let's start and eventually be secured.

-Download with confidence

All Android apps undergo rigorous security testing before appearing in the Google Play Store. They vet every app developer in Google Play and suspend those who violate their policies. So even before we install an app, we know they've checked that it’s safe.So we have the confidence that every app in the playstore that we will be downloading is safe with malwares/viruses.

-Security on watch for our apps

Even after we’ve installed an app, built-in software regularly scans our device to ensure that app is behaving. If the app steps out of line, we’ll be notified and Google Play can automatically block it, lickety-split.

-Working together to keep us safe

When we shop at a merchant, Android Pay doesn’t send our actual credit or debit card number with our payment. Instead they use a virtual account number to represent our account information — so our card details stay safe.Happy online shopping.

-Choose the best phone

They partner with hundreds of manufacturers, which allows for all kinds of Android device specialisation, but all meeting their high security requirements. So we get to choose our device with confidence from thousands of options.Personally i like Samsung and LG.

-Safe. Secure. Sandboxed.

Just like the walls of a sandbox keep sand from getting out, each Android app is housed in a virtual sandbox that helps keep our personal data safe. This way, apps we install won’t be able to access information like photos or our location unless we give them permission. It’s our privacy, so they put us in control.

-Protect our phone, even if we lose it

Anybody can lose their phone, but rest assured. With Android Device Manager, we can remotely locate any lost device associated with our Google account, all while keeping your data safe and sound. We can even set a lock screen or erase all data on our device if it’s stolen or lost for good. I tried it and did well,just remember your gmail account.

-Set the perfect password: our fingerprint

On compatible devices with Android Marshmallow, our fingerprint can unlock our phone, let us securely sign into apps, and let us make purchases on Android Pay and the Play Store. Best of all, protecting our device takes just the tap of our finger. I hope to have one.

-Built-in encryption

With full-disk encryption, all data that exists on our device is fully protected. And any new data, such as emails and text messages, are automatically encrypted when stored locally on our device.

         Android as an operating system is very secure. It has multiple layers of protection to keep malware at bay, and it requires our specific permission to do almost anything that could lead to our data or the system being compromised. However, Android is an open system that trusts us the user and its community of developers to do the right thing. If we want to, we can give away a lot of permissions, and even access to deeper parts of the system if you've rooted your phone. Android tries to protect us from our self, but if we nudge it, it lets us have the final say on what to install (and from where, like unknown sources and beyond the regularly-patrolled walls of Google Play) and who to give permissions to. Speaking of Rooted phone,the next post will be about the advantage and disadvantage of a Rooted Cellphone.