What does it mean that Samsung is updating the "security policy"

it means you had 1 security policy but Samsung has changed the definitions and they are being updated

it is normally a new file going onto your device.

It doesnt imply the device did much apart from check for a new file and download the one it found that was more recent than the version already on the device.

Data collection might be in there, but security is usuaaly about stopping stuff happening not generating more traffic - I suggest you read the privacy statement..... Stephen Hope stephen snipped-for-privacy@xyzworld.com Replace xyz with ntl to reply

But what is a "security policy"? Is that an app? Is that a version of Android software? Is it just a single "file" (which you imply later in this note)?

If it's a file, does anyone know the *name* or location of that file?

This "thing" called a "security policy" was updated. But what is this thing?

Googling, this says "Samsung security policies are designed to keep all the data in your phone secure and updates are there to make sure that any flaws in security are fixed quickly."

But that doesn't tell me *what* a "security policy" is. Is it a file? Is it an app? Is it a subversion of something? If it's a version of something, what is it a version of?

Do you ask the analogous question about Microsoft's updates policy? an insurance policy? a store's refunds policy? your local college's admissions policy? -- It's a policy, regarding security. And if it can get downloaded to your handset, it must be in the form of a file. HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp

A document, typically stored in a file, text, pdf, html, whatever they decide.

Jeez!

But what does it *do*?

Googling, I found this description of what it does:

Here's the setting for it on "my" phone:

This is apparently the "Sansung Security Policy" app on Google Play:

It's a question that other people have asked:

Apparently it is a mechanism by which Samsung updates the security on its flagship models *independently* of the operating system:

Security policy(SP) is set of rules, what must/must not be done or set from security point of view and it is not limited to software.

SP implementation on SW system is such a software module on system level, that forces following such specified rules.

E.g. a part of SP in Android 4.4 is that applications are not allowed to perform free write access on removable SD cards, but they are limited to their dedicated folder. Later Androids got this part of SP more relaxed.

Thanks Poutnik from Cz (I think), for being the only one yet who seems to even comprehend what this security policy "thing" is.

Is there a way to obtain a visual or text list of the current "security policy" set of rules on any particular (unrooted?) Android device?