Our smartphones are at the center of a lot of our lives. We communicate with loved ones, plan our days, and organize our finances through them. They're the perfect attack vector for someone who may want to target you or steal from you, and that's why so much effort goes into securing them. Google has now detailed how it secures the Android platform not just through Android itself but how it protects against attacks on the firmware of other microprocessors that run as a part of your SoC.
Source: xda-developers.com
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