Google faces antitrust charges for Android from EU

It's always not good between Google and EU these days. Google has to now face antitrust charges from EU stating that it is violating competition by unfairly favoring it's services (maps and search) on Android devices over it's rivals.

Google's products such as maps, mail, search comes pre - installed in devices running Android and device manufacturers have to agree with this if they want to get a licence to the software. The European Union had been studying this and thus here comes the result. If any of these things is unbundled from the agreement with the manufacturers in Europe, it would be a major setback for Google. 

Google also faces  antitrust charges on another front. European Authorities had charged Google for unfairly dominating the market position to favor it's services and there are chances that it would be fined upto $7 billion.

The Federal Trade Commission, Washington is also probing on whether Google broke the U.S. antitrust laws to boost its services. Canadian authorities have closed the probe on this but have said that they would continue to monitor the company.

How easy is it to crack your android?

Much has been written and debated on whether iPhone is better than your android, whether iphone is difficult to crack down. Recently, there had been a battle between Apple and FBI where in Apple won it for time being. In this case, FBI managed to crack an iPhone without any help from Apple which made Apple to take FBI to court. Keeping this aside, questions arise in the mind of android users on whether their device is safe or not.

Android needs to still work on security

Experts from North Caroline State University had issued a report on Mashable explaining the various ways in which your phone can be cracked. After going through the post, it is clear that there is no clear answer. This also meant that unless the user enables a password lock and encrypts it contents (microSD as well), the device is secured meaning that hackers or security agencies can use Brute Force method as the only tool to gain access to your device.

In iPhone, you can enter wrong password not more than 10 attempts after which all the contents of your device will be automatically erased. In Android, the data will be erased after such 30-40 failed attempts. It is said from many reports that custom apps can write data onto Android device that is managed by a third party on a rooted device. This can be done by using an image to fool the fingerprint scanner. Just using the unencrypted microSD card will do the job as well.