Google has announced that a new version of its operating system for
mobile phones and Android tablets will prevent company access to devices
without owner consent, similar to the measure taken by
Apple for its
new iOS system in iPhone and iPad.
The Washington Post and The Wall
Street Journal Thursday reported that the new Android would carry an
encryption system to prevent the company, as well as potential thieves
or the authorities, from unlocking mobile devices if they did not have
the correct password.
The improvement in security prevents the
company and the government from accessing information stored in user
devices operating with Android, such as photographs, e-mails, contacts,
call records, messages, written notes and multimedia content.
The
measure taken by Google, similar to the one Apple announced Thursday, is
part of an effort by the technology companies to respond to those
accusing them of having collaborated too easily with the US government
and the National Security Agency when they were asked for user data.
So
far, phones and devices operating with Android offered this encryption
feature only as an option so there were very few users who knew how to
activate it.
In the new operating systems, to be marketed in October, the measure will become enabled by default.
With
a share of more than 75 percent of the global smartphone market,
Android is the most widely used operating system worldwide.
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