Hi Nick,

> Clearing credentials on
> sim swap was of questionable benefit, and it was causing problems for people
> who traveled internationally or had multiple sims.
This would be useful in the enterprise. Perhaps Google could offer it
and make it configurable. For example, through the application of a
policy.

Jeff

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Nick Kralevich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Gregor,
>
> The behavior you're seeing is working as intended.  Clearing credentials on
> sim swap was of questionable benefit, and it was causing problems for people
> who traveled internationally or had multiple sims.
>
> See http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17574  (and all the
> other duplicate bugs associated with that bug).
>
> -- Nick
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Gregor Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I just want to put into discussion what I consider it a security issue in
>> ICS...
>> I would like to have your opinion on it...
>>
>> I have an device running Android ICS 4.0.4..
>>
>> If I exchange the SIM card the google account does login automatically,
>> without requesting the acccount password like it was in Android 2.3.6....
>>
>> As it is handled in AccountManagerService.java, it could be traced it was
>> changed by google...
>>
>> Is this a bug or feature?
>>
>> IMHO it is a security issue.
>>
>> Looking forward for your comments.... (Please provide official document if
>> available to the public)
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Gregor
>>
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