Among good safety practices with mobile, there is a little known: avoid loading it as much as possible in public sites. In fact, the threat has a name: it is called juice hacking and aims to steal all your data. But then the moment of truth comes, you have little battery and go to Find an airport or starbucks in service To load your Android.
Google knows it and proposed to remedy him during the next major update of his operating system. Because Android 16 will have a new USB device connection blocking when the mobile is blocked. In this way, the phone will be protected from physical attacks by USB devices. In a word, It is a block and a lime connection song.
This is how the Android 16 USB protection works
As discovered by the journalist specializing in Android Mishaal Rahman for Android Authority, the advanced protection mode of which we have already ruled certain characteristics Disable data transmission by USB When the device is blocked. The load continues to operate, but any device that connects to the mobile via the USB will have access blocked until you unlock the mobile.
Specialized security staff call this practice as “USB Condon” and to date, to allow, it was necessary to use software from third part. Go ahead, this is not the first time that we have seen this: the advanced protection mode has been on the Android 12 Google test table and has extended to Android 15 with the blocking mode. With Android 16 goes a little further: Automatically block the new USB connections without the user having nothing to do.
If a device tries to connect with the blocked mobile, a notification will appear to the warning of 'Suspicious USB activity'. As we advance a few days ago, this updated mode will deactivate the installation of manual applications (lateral flow), restricts 2G connectivity or blocks access to public Wi-Fi networks, among others. Google has not yet activated the switch to activate it, but in the analyzed APK, Rahman seems operational in Android 16 Beta 4.
Android USB protection mode. Via Youtube Android Authority
Eye because Android 16 will not disconnect the devices which are already connected to your phone when blocked, this block will only apply to the attempts of new connections. When this measure is implemented on Android 16 and this version is official, surely Everyone will charge their mobiles with much more peace of mindWherever.
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