Android Factory Resets Are Flawed, Allow User Data to Be Recovered: Study

Phone ArenaAndroid Factory Resets Are Flawed, Allow User Data to Be Recovered: StudyNDTVUser data is routinely retrievable from second-hand Android devices that have been wiped through a factory reset, the Cambridge study warned. Most Android handsets offer no easily accessible way of deleting user data including access tokens, messages, ...Factory data reset for Android leaves encrypted data and login keys intactPhone ArenaFlaw leaves data on 'wiped' Android phones exposedThe Age500 million Android devices at risk: Researchers find that factory reset doesn ...BGRThe Register -ZDNet -Ars Technica (blog)all 170 news articles »