Cracking encryption is a topic of perpetual fascination. Congress has made several efforts to legislate it. The FBI tried to force Apple to do it. New messaging apps constantly debut with claims about ...

Google has updated its Compatibility Definition document for Android 6.0, outlining for phone and tablet makers what they need to do to properly run the company’s latest and greatest operating system.

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Google’s plan to encrypt user data on Android devices by default will get a new push with Android 6.0, also known as Marshmallow. The company requires Android ...

Google has a long-held ambition to make full-disk encryption mandatory on Android. It didn’t quite work for Lollipop—so it’s taking another stab with Marshmallow. With Android 5.0, attempts to roll ...