How To Encrypt Your Android Phone In 4 Easy Steps Comparitech
Almost all modern Android phones support encryption, but only a tiny fraction actually use it. That’s because the vast majority of phones don’t have encryption enabled out of the box, and the vast majority of users never bother altering the default settings. Google didn’t even make encryption a requirement until Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and even now it’s only mandatory for phones that meet certain hardware requirements. Only 2.3 percent of Android phones are running the latest version, Marshmallow, and only an estimated 10 percent of Android phones around the world are encrypted, according to Ars Technica....