Technology giant Google is about to roll out their new mobile operating system version in the name of #Android Nougat. It has many new cool features and now another cool feature has been released.
Being a huge platform it is one of the most targeted platform for attackers and for spreading malwares and rootkits. Normal user will not be aware of the malware until its action goes abnormal. Inorder to help them a new feature #Verified Boot has been enabled by Android.
Upto Android 6.0, the device will boot up even if the device is compromised by malware by popping up an alert to users but now they are strictly enforcing verified boot.
After the installation of Android Nougat if your device has been affected by malware or any rootkit your device wont even boot up by showing you an error. This state is merely similar to bricking the device.
Data corruption caused due to hardware or software failure will also fail in verified boot and so the device wont boot but Android is having a special program to detect if the problem in data corruption.
Due to this enforcement, Rooting the device and customizing the kernel may be tedious for users. This feature is considered to be nice for normal people but not for those who want to play with Android Kernel.
P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.
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