Android Nougat won't boot if your phone has malware
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-nougat-boot-malware-check-704386/
On the Android Developer's blog, the company explains that
Android Nougat strictly enforces that boot check, giving you
far more than a warning. The good news is that if your phone
is infected with types of malware, your phone will refuse to
boot or will boot in a limited capacity mode (presumably akin
to safe mode). The bad news however, is that some
non-malicious corruption of data could also mean that your
phone will refuse to boot up...
- - -
My concern here -- based solely on what I've seen published on this to
date -- is the possibility that this check could leave a phone
unusable even for basic phone functions during an emergency --
especially a problem if the issue came up while traveling or if this
was your only phone. More clarification on this from Google would be
appreciated.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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