Google can easily hack into any Android devices remotely from Google Plex headquarter if they received any legal order from US Federal.
Hacking into a system without prior knowledge of victim is usually called illegal but in the offence for doing legal purposes it is called investigating, likewise New York District Attorney have recovered an old document that said: “It is legal for Google to hack into any devices based on Android if asked for Crime Investigation Purposes with a legal document”.
According to a document that deals with the encryption of data and its impact on public safety, older versions of the Android operating system can be easily accessed by Google. According to the text, if the company is required by justice, you can bypass the password of users running versions prior to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and have full access to the device remotely.
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Forensic Examiners can bypass passwords in some of these devices using a variety of techniques,” reads the document. However, for a large portion of Android devices, Google can reset the password if there are a mandate and a requirement of justice to investigate particular device. And all this can be done remotely.
Also according to the document, devices equipped with Android version 5.0 or higher can not be accessed remotely due to the full disc encryption – which still can not be enabled by default. Because of this, according to the distribution table of the operating system, it is estimated that at least 74.1% of users are subject to such “serious failure” of security.
Apple have also said that they even can crack the iPhone security panel after several negotiation from FBI – Apple agrees to crack the passcode of iPhone which will lead for the suspect proof for investigation, for Google is not so hard to crack into the passcode or pattern lock security panel but in terms of iPhone devices its quite hard to crack and need some professionals to do it.
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