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Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for three days
The latest Google update will make your phone more secure if you don’t touch it…
This actually caused some annoyance among law enforcement officials who believed they had suspects' phones stored in a readable state, only to find they were rebooting and becoming harder to access due to this feature. Rather than leave your phone, which is a vast repository of personal data, sitting unencrypted indefinitely, the new Play Services will limit that exposure to three days, even if it's plugged in. There are definitely reasons to be wary of the control Google has over Android with elements like Play Services, but it does pay off when the company can enhance everyone's security without delay.
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