Content deleted Content added
→Security and privacy: rm cherry-picking of information |
→Security and privacy: rm broken ref |
||
Line 130:
The open-source nature of Android allows security contractors to take existing devices and adapt them for highly secure uses. For example Samsung has worked with General Dynamics through their [[Open Kernel Labs]] acquisition to rebuild ''Jelly Bean'' on top of their hardened microvisor for the "Knox" project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/28/general_dynamics/ |title=Air-to-ground rocket men flog top-secret mobe-crypto to Brad in accounts |publisher=The Register |date=2013-02-28 |accessdate=2013-08-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/technology/samsung-armors-android-to-take-on-blackberry.html "Samsung Armors Android to Take On BlackBerry."]</ref>
As part of the broader [[2013 mass surveillance disclosures]] it was revealed in September 2013 that the American and British intelligence agencies, the NSA and [[Government Communications Headquarters]] (GCHQ) respectively, have access to the user data in iPhones, Blackberries, and Android phones. They are able to read almost all smartphone information, including SMS, ___location, emails, and notes. <ref name=spiegel20130907>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-920971.html|title= Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data|date=September 7, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2013|author=Staff
== Licensing ==
| |||