Android 11 COPE and the end of Internal apps

We know about the changes to Android 11 COPE, and how they affect the EMMs. One aspect that was slightly overlooked though, is what happens to Internal apps, which many organizations are still employing. We have recently released a KB, which caused a bit of panic between customers and colleagues. Let’s dive deeper and see...

Android management in China – what are your options?

After I published the article regarding the enrollment of Android devices in closed networks, the hottest question was how to apply it for China. The answer is as usual “it depends”. If you want to know more – read on! What’s the problem?What options are available?What is the optimal approach? What’s the problem? Problem is...

Remediate the Pixel4 and Galaxy S10 biometric security flaws with Workspace ONE

I am pretty sure you've heard already about the issues with Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor and Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock. Both companies have acknowledged the issues and committed to releasing the patches "soon" (Samsung is said to be testing fixes in certain countries already). What can you in the meantime? With Workspace ONE...

Android Q Enterprise Features for EMM Admin

This is a brief analysis on the upcoming Android Enterprise Features in Android Q. Read the full notes here. Google has a habit of silently updating those documents, so I expect to update this post once subsequent iterations of Beta are released. The below is my sole opinion, and I welcome hearing yours. NB: it...

Securing work contacts while keeping caller ID 02: Android

I had a week of customer meetings, each (literally!) asking the same question: "How can I prevent WhatsApp from grabbing the corporate contacts on my device?" In this series of posts we will explore the options of deploying corporate email/contacts/calendars with the goal of maximal work/personal contact separation, while trying to minimally impair the user...

Securing work contacts while keeping caller ID 01: Android vs iOS

I had a week of customer meetings, each (literally!) asking the same question: "How can I prevent WhatsApp from grabbing the corporate contacts on my device?" This happens more often than you think – the infamous GetContact collected over 3.5B contacts in just a few months, all of which were officially available for sale! With GDRP...

Lockdown in Android Enterprise (Android P DP1)

I’ve previously covered the BYOD experience in Android P, now let’s delve into corporate-owned scenarios. My attempt to cover everything in a single long post had failed, so I’m splitting this into a series. Today we’re covering lockdown. Retrospective Early Android ideology assumed that device lockdown should be impossible. After all, here’s how ransomware works...