Google is working on hardened firmware security, intended to become available on all supported Android phones.
The Android security team is applying years worth of experience in what they are calling “firmware hardening”. Which basically means enhanced security to prevent opportunistic exploitation of bugs, exploits and remote hijacking.
Still too much terminology? Well, put plainly: Android smartphones are to become more secure. What that means for you is that you will have to worry less and less about getting your smartphone effectively stolen by a malicious hacker.But why is security at a firmware level that noteworthy, we hear you ask. Well, because firmware is the thing that tells your components what to do at a very basic level, having security processes in place might risk slowing them down.
The Big G’s Android teams have also spent a large chunk of time on rewriting entire features and functions of Android 13 in Rust. This is a programming language, which is safe from memory-attacks by design. The company has seen an impact and as such plans to continue using Rust from here on out, with future versions of Android.
All that being said, you are not going to really notice all of these security enhancements. If they are done properly, that is, and by the looks of things — doing things right is pretty much the plan. This, however, is still a huge step forward for Android security and we can't wait for it to arrive.
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