Announcing the Android Ready SE Alliance (Google Online Security Blog)
Posted by Sudhi Herle and Jason Wong, Android Team When the Pixel 3 launched in 2018, it had a new tamper-resistant hardware enclave called Titan M. In addition to being a root-of-trust for Pixel software and firmware, it also enabled tamper-resistant key storage for Android Apps using StrongBox. StrongBox is an implementation of the Keymaster HAL that resides in a hardware security module. It is an important security enhancement for Android devices and paved the way for us to consider features that were previously not possible. StrongBox and tamper-resistant hardware are becoming important requirements for emerging user features, including: Digital keys (car, home, office) Mobile Driver’s License (mDL), National ID, ePassports eMoney solutions (for example, Wallet) All these features need to run on tamper-resistant hardware to protect the integrity of…