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Authored by: kuroshima on Sunday, November 04 2012 @ 12:16 PM EST |
First, Android has been able to connect to Exchange servers
(shudder!) for a while. That's usually the first "enterprise
friendly" feature that people expect.
Second, being able to remotely wipe the machine just
requires installing a device administrator. There's no built
in device administrator though, but that plays into the open
ecosystem: If Google had provided one, everyone would use
Google's. The way it's setup, everyone can roll their own
device administrators, using the appropriate API, and take
advantage of the remote monitoring capabilities of the
tablet.
Third, another enterprise friendly feature that Android
already includes is full disk encryption. Strangely, it is
not mentioned.
Finally, for a tablet with no cellular connection, being
able to remotely wipe the device is less useful than it
seems: You need to unlock it to set up a new WiFi, so should
the device be lost, you can not send the wipe command until
someone finds a way to unlock the device (and if you're
carrying sensitive information, I assume that you've set up
some kind of lock on the device, usually pin based, though
again Android allows for any kind of lockscreen to be
installed) and so wiping at at that time would be closing
the stable door after the horses have left.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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