{"id":110243,"date":"2024-10-04T09:26:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T02:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110243"},"modified":"2024-10-04T09:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T02:26:35","slug":"android-16-advanced-protection-could-give-apps-some-new-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110243","title":{"rendered":"Android 16 Advanced Protection could give apps some new tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c_f\">\n<div class=\"c_9p\" style=\"max-width:2000px\"><picture class=\"c_jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:2000 \/ 1125\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6.jpg.webp 2000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1920w-1080h.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"c_kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"android 16 stock photos 6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1920w-1080h.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1536w-864h.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1000w-563h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-1280w-720h.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"android 16 stock photos 6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/android-16-stock-photos-6.jpg\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"c_Rr c_-p\">\n<p>Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"c_mh c_e c_B\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Android 16 is preparing to add a new Android Advanced Protection Mode service.<\/li>\n<li>This service lets users enroll their device into Advanced Protection Mode via Settings.<\/li>\n<li>Apps can check if you\u2019re enrolled in the service and then apply additional security measures to protect your data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_e c_B\">\n<p>For many people, their Google account holds a ton of sensitive personal, financial, and medical information. That\u2019s why securing your Google account with a strong password or passkey is crucial, and it\u2019s also why you should be incredibly cautious about what apps and services you install and what permissions you grant them. If you\u2019re particularly worried about hackers getting access to your data and want a bit of extra protection, you can go online and enroll in Google\u2019s Advanced Protection Program, which locks down certain features in the aim of security. Next year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-16-features-3484159\/\">Android 16<\/a> update could take Advanced Protection a bit further by letting apps deploy additional security measures when the mode is enabled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_e c_B\">\n<p>Google announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-advanced-protection-updates-1094407\/\">Advanced Protection Program<\/a> back in 2017 to provide people whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-set-up-google-account-825828\/\">Google accounts<\/a> have particularly valuable data an extra layer of protection. The program is targeted at users who are at an elevated risk of getting hacked, like IT admins, journalists, activists, business executives, and politicians. If you enroll in the Advanced Protection Program, then you\u2019re forced to use a security key or passkey to sign into your Google account, you\u2019re prevented from downloading files that Google Chrome marks as harmful, and you\u2019re blocked from giving unapproved (by Google) apps access to your Google account data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_f\">\n<div class=\"c_9p\" style=\"max-width:1280px\"><picture class=\"c_jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:1280 \/ 720\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"c_kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"Advanced Protection Program\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-1000w-563h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"Advanced Protection Program\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Advanced_Protection_Program.jpg\"\/><\/picture>\n<p>Google&#8217;s Advanced Protection Program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_e c_B\">\n<p>In early 2020, Google expanded its Advanced Protection Program to secure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-android-phones-568001\/\">Android phones<\/a>. Advanced Protection not only forces Google Play Protect to stay enabled but also blocks you from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-install-apks-31494\/\">installing apps from outside the Google Play Store<\/a> or other preinstalled app stores. It\u2019ll also warn you about apps on the Play Store that haven\u2019t been approved by Google. While these restrictions go a long way in protecting the average user from installing new malicious apps, more could arguably be done to protect sensitive data in existing apps. That\u2019s what Android 16\u2019s new Advanced Protection Mode seems to be aimed at solving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_e c_B\">\n<p>While I was browsing the AOSP Gerrit the other day, I came across a patch titled \u201c<strong>[AAPM] Introduce new Service for Android Advanced Protection Mode<\/strong>.\u201d While the new code in the patch itself doesn\u2019t reveal any information about what the Android Advanced Protection Mode does, the description of the patch reveals that the service \u201cwill be used to enroll devices into a security conscious protection mode, and to allow clients to customise [the] behaviour based on the state of this mode.\u201d A Google engineer elaborated a bit further on what this means in the comments, stating that \u201cthe service allows users to enroll into \u2018advanced protection\u2019 via Settings, and for apps to check if the user is enrolled, via the \u2018<code>AdvancedProtectionManager#isAdvancedProtectionEnabled()<\/code>\u2018 api.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_Gj c_e\" style=\"--columns:2\"><button type=\"button\"><picture class=\"c_jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.75%;aspect-ratio:1452 \/ 461\"><source sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP.jpg.webp 1452w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP-675w-214h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP-64w-20h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP-1000w-317h.jpg.webp 1000w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"c_kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"Android Advanced Protection Mode patch in AOSP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP-675w-214h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP-64w-20h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP-1000w-317h.jpg 1000w\" alt=\"Android Advanced Protection Mode patch in AOSP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_patch_in_AOSP.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/button><button type=\"button\"><picture class=\"c_jg\" style=\"padding-top:47.96%;aspect-ratio:907 \/ 435\"><source sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does.jpg.webp 907w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does-675w-324h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does-64w-31h.jpg.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"c_kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"Comment explaining what Android Advanced Protection Mode does\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does-675w-324h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does-64w-31h.jpg 64w\" alt=\"Comment explaining what Android Advanced Protection Mode does\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Comment_explaining_what_Android_Advanced_Protection_Mode_does.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"c_e c_B\">\n<p>Essentially, Android 16 is adding a way to enable \u201cadvanced protection\u201d in the Settings app. When advanced protection is active, apps can call a new API to see if it\u2019s enabled and then customize their behavior accordingly. It\u2019s up to apps to decide exactly what to do when this is turned on, but I could imagine apps that, say, have some sort of extra screen lock option might enable that when advanced protection is engaged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_e c_B\">\n<p>As for how I know Google is working on this feature for Android 16 and not one of the upcoming Android 15 QPRs, it\u2019s because of a minor detail in the new code that Google is adding. The new code adds SELinux policy for the new Android Advanced Protection Mode service, but this policy only applies if the \u201cboard API\u201d level is set to 202504, which happens to be the vendor API level for next year\u2019s Android 16 release. Plus, the fact that there\u2019s going to be a new API for apps to use means we have to get a bump in the API level (and thus, Android version) since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-15-features-3401939\/\">Android 15<\/a> has already reached Platform Stability. It\u2019s possible this new API will be limited to system apps in which case Platform Stability wouldn\u2019t matter, but I doubt that\u2019s the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_mh c_B c_e\"><strong>Got a tip? Talk to us!<\/strong>\u00a0Email our staff at <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-16-advanced-protection-3487515\/mailto:news@androidauthority.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:tips@androidauthority.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\">news@androidauthority.com<\/a>. 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