Monday, 10 July 2017

Your next Android might come with a 'panic button' to exit shady apps

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We've all done it — clicked on that shady link, downloaded that questionable app, or hit "submit" on some online form only to instantly realize we've fallen victim to some form of hack.

It turns out that Google might just have a solution for us. Well, a partial one, anyway. 

According to XDA-Developers and Bleeping Computer, Google has added a "panic button" feature to Android 7.1 that would allow smartphone users to quickly exit a misbehaving app upon the realization that something is amiss. So just as quickly as you yell out "oh shit," you can shut down the offending party.  Read more...

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