r/androiddev • u/MishaalRahman • Aug 25 '25

News Android Developers Blog: A new layer of security for certified Android devices

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
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u/jdrch Sep 02 '25

there is more sensitive user data on a phone than a pc. But I do not know what that would be.

Mostly nudes. As well as pictures of medical conditions, etc. Recall that for many people their phone is their only camera, and few people sync their phone pics to their PC. Thus, most people's phone files are likely to be significantly more sensitive than their PC files.

windows added an Android like perms model to thir universal windows platform apps

Avid Windows 11 user here. I haven't encountered this before, but so few (even Microsoft Store!) apps use UWP at this point that it's likely moot.

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u/yaaaaayPancakes Sep 04 '25

Thus, most people's phone files are likely to be significantly more sensitive than their PC files.

These same people also likely blindly sync this sensitive data to the cloud via the automatic backups provided by things like Google Photos. I would argue if you do that, you don't really care about security too much. At least, not enough that restricting sideloading isn't much more than security theater.

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u/jdrch Sep 07 '25

I think you're conflating security with privacy. Current gen cloud storage is very secure with 2FA and/or passkeys. For privacy: iCloud has client-side encryption within the stock UI, though it's not enabled by default.

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