Thursday, June 27, 2013

Google beefs up enterprise Android services with selective wipe features

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Google has added a new Android feature that should make securely using your own phone at work a much simpler experience. Companies that work with Google Apps — a paid version of Google's online office suite that includes additional business features — will now be able to specifically remove a user's access to Apps and its associated data without wiping their entire device. Though it's a small change, it means that data can be pulled for security reasons without disabling a user's phone almost entirely.


Selective wiping is hard to come by


While using personal devices for business has become more common, selective wiping features still aren't widespread across mobile operating systems. Even BlackBerry, which included selective wiping...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/27/4470604/android-selective-google-apps-wiping-byo-phone

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