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.
Android has never been more secure—but while it’s narrowing, there’s still a gap to iPhone that Google and Samsung are working hard to overcome.But there are now areas where Android security actually beats iPhone, which is an interesting change.
This is where Samsung’s new update comes in. By enabling Maximum Restrictions on your Galaxy phone—now the default for new devices, the setting blocks USB data access to the device. It’s strictly charging only. “Malicious chargers, computers, and other devices won’t be able to send commands to your phone when connected using a USB cable,”. “This prevents unauthorised access and manipulation of your device and data through USB commands.
If your device has been locked for an hour, data connections are disabled. “This limits the attack surface against physically connected devices such as malicious chargers while still enabling usage of other accessories within reasonable time constraints.” If an unknown cabled accessory does try to establish a data connection during that hour, iPhone “will disable all accessory data connections over those connections until the device is unlocked again.”
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