With each new version of Google releases a document from which all sorts of guidelines and requirements represent manufacturers. In the version belonging to Android 6.0, we see that manufacturers have to add mandatory additional encryption.
In the so-called Android 6.0 Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) we read that Google is requiring manufacturers Full Disk Encryption (FDE). With FDE, all data stored on a device only be read with the password of the user. Previously, this was already compulsory, with the introduction of Android 5.0, but this was later commuted to a strong recommendation. However, in the CDD Android 6.0 Marshmallow can be seen that it is required from the Android version.
The Nexus 6 was a hot issue . Through these FDE, the plane was slower, because no use was made of the hardware acceleration providing chipset manufacturers. The decoding of data is an intensive process and as this purely by the software needs to be done, that’s a relatively slow process that can take care of glitches and it did in the case of the Nexus 6. The latest version of Android would have handled this as well, so that the new Nexus devices is not a problem anymore. There is use being made from new instructions that operate only on 64-bit processors, which according to Google faster than the hardware capabilities using current chipsets.
As a user, you do not notice here direct anything but there is added an additional layer of security. This makes it more difficult for unauthorized persons to obtain information or to read where they have no access to hear.
Ruud Caris
Founder of Androidworld.nl, gadget lover , Redbull drinker and Android enthusiast. Having started with the ADP1, now including five Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus and Google Glass.
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