Lockdown mode in Android 15 protects your phone from 'juice jacking'
Lockdown mode in Android 15 protects your phone from 'juice jacking'
When lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, USB data access will be disabled, preventing potential "juice jacking" attacks.
Points taken from article:
- Android 15 is adding a built-in mechanism to protect your device from “juice jacking” attacks.
- Charging will be allowed when lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, but USB data access will not.
- Juice jacking is a largely theoretical problem you don’t really need to worry about, but it’s still nice that Android will protect you against it.
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How is this different from current Android
Lockdown mode was introduced in 2018’s Android 9 Pie release as an optional feature users could add to their power menu. When enabled, lockdown mode hides notifications and disables all forms of authentication except for the user’s primary authentication (PIN, password, or pattern). In Android 12, Google made the lockdown mode toggle appear by default in the Android power menu, though some OEMs hide it or offer their own, similar version of the feature elsewhere.
Android 15 will further restrict USB access in this mode to help defend against attacks.
Don't you already need to unlock the phone to change USB protocol?
Yes, but the data pins are still connected and talking to some software. That software can have vulnerabilities.
It’s more secure to allow no communication whatsoever, whereas it’s extremely hard to prove that any software is free of vulnerabilities.