# Here's how Android 16’s Advanced Protection Mode secures your phone and data (APK teardown)

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**Created:** 2025-05-04T04:16:26Z
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## Post 26 by @jordan — 2025-06-12T08:17:24Z

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Here’s what it looks like if anyone was curious about the specifics of what it does.

> **Alt text**
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> Advanced Protection helps defend against online attacks, harmful apps, insecure connections and other threats that put your data at risk.
> 
> For the strongest security and privacy, turn on device protection and also enrol your Google Account.
> 
> # Device protection
> 
> Safeguard this device
> 
> # Account protection
> 
> Safeguard your Google Account
> 
> ### Device protection features
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> When you turn on device protection, these safeguards are enabled and will stay on unless you turn off device protection.
> 
> ## Device theft
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> Safeguards lost, stolen or confiscated devices
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> ### Theft Detection Lock
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> Locks automatically when motion indicates theft
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> ### Offline Device Lock
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> Locks automatically when your device is offline
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> ### Inactivity reboot
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> Restarts device if it remains locked for 3 days
> 
> ## Apps
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> Protects against memory bugs and unsafe apps
> 
> ### Google Play Protect
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> Scans for unsafe apps and malware
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> ### Unknown apps
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> Blocks installation of apps from unknown sources
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> ### Memory Tagging Extension
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> Protects against memory corruption in supported apps
> 
> ## Networks
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> Prevents insecure connections
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> ### 2G network protection (Not available on all devices)
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> Avoids 2G networks, which are less secure
> 
> ## Web
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> Protects against unsafe websites
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> ### Android Safe Browsing
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> Blocks harmful web pages
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> ### Chrome browsing
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> Warns you before you visit non-HTTPS sites
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> ### JavaScript protections
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> Turns off some advanced capabilities to reduce risk
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> ## Phone by Google
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> Protects against spam calls
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> ### Caller ID and spam
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> Identifies business and spam numbers
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> ### Spam filtering
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> utomatically declines known spam
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> ## Google Messages
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> Protects against spam and scams and warns
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> ### Spam protection
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> Filters spam and warns you of scams
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> ### Suspicious links
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> Warns you about links from unknown senders

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