So in that same logic enterprises should not use any form of device management/policy enforcement but expect their staff to act accordingly and also expect the rest of the world not to perform any malicious acts on them?
Android had a horrible lack of controls for parents to protect their children online - and yes censor some of the crap that is out there. Third party apps do fill this gap very nicely but there is indeed nothing that can prevent from factory resetting the device and I would imagine there never would be. It is a fail safe a certain extend. I would also be very interested if there is any plans in this area. I am sure a lot of the mechanism used for this can be translated for business use thus serving a dual purpose. On 29 Sep 2014 06:26, "Kristian Erik Hermansen" < [email protected]> wrote: > No. Maybe less censorship and better parenting is all that is required... > > -- > Regards, > > Kristian Erik Hermansen > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen > On Sep 28, 2014 9:15 PM, "Timothy Grimston" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all this is a request for you to create a new version of this OS, I >> apologise now if this is posted within the wrong area however I thought >> being based around security this would be the best place to begin the >> conversation. >> >> A big issue for many parents with teenage kids is getting them to not use >> their phones past 9pm. There are now many apps that attempt to curb this >> usage however, these can always be uninstalled or the device simple reset >> to factory standards by the kids. What is required is the ability for a >> parent to, on setting up the phone, be able to save to the cloud the OS >> preferences for their kids phone. These need to include the ability to shut >> the phone down at particular times e.g between 9pm - 6am Sun - Thurs. It >> should have the capability during this time to be able to call certain >> numbers, such as 911 and the parents numbers in case of emergency. If this >> info is saved to the cloud then any factory reset won't wipe these >> controls. I've not been able to find an app that can do this, Device >> Manager has much of the functionality required, however again is an app >> that can be bypassed. Apple OS seems to suffer the same issue. If this >> capability was built into the OS and advertised it would be a massive >> incentive for parents to purchase Android phones. >> >> Is this functionality already being discussed or available ? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Security Discussions" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
