Google Adiantum will provide fast encryption for lower-end mobile devices

Google ran into a problem -- slower processors used in less expensive smartphones for emerging markets couldn't reasonably perform ful...

Google ran into a problem -- slower processors used in less expensive smartphones for emerging markets couldn't reasonably perform full disk encryption in order to protect user data. So, Google created a solution and gave it a name that doesn't really help you understand what it is (which is a common fault of Google's product names): Adiantum.

The basic problem is that although ARMv8 processors have hardware acceleration available to make the traditional AES encryption standard work quickly on higher-end devices, ARMv7-based chips don't have ...

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