Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
Updated on October 18 with a major change to Android 15 security settings for Pixel owners and a leaked list of Samsung Galaxy phones due the Android 15 upgrade., heralding updates including “security features that help keep your sensitive health, financial and personal information protected from theft and fraud.” Android’s new private space hides sensitive apps from sight, while those off-grid may be able to add satellite messaging to their devices.
Delivering this new security is complex. It requires upgraded modem technology working in tandem with device firmware to enable the OS to interact with the network facing side of the modem, delivering types of warnings that have not been generally available until now. Users with the right settingsdisable 2G network connectivity, which resolves basic encryption issues, but the network polling and more advanced encryption safeguards are not yet available.
Such rogue networks use hardware to trick phones into thinking they are connecting to legitimate, public cellular base stations. They work locally by presenting a strong signal to devices searching for cell towers nearby. Once the phone switches over, the rogue network receives its traffic. Where that traffic is fully encrypted, it remains secure. But if the rogue network can lower the encryption threshold, that changes and traffic is also open to interception.
Until this new change, users have needed “to go to Settings, scroll down, tap Google, tap All services, scroll down, then finally tap Theft protection to open the menu,” But thankfully, “following a server-side update that’s rolling out now,” this has all been made much simpler. “You can find the Theft protection menu on Android by navigating to Settings > Security & privacy > Device unlock.
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