Android 4.2 supports multiple users. As I understand it, each of them runs in a sandbox with their own apps and data space; the different users cannot see each other's data. The primary user, the device owner, has the option to delete the accounts of other users.
What happens if a secondary user installs an app that requires device-administrator rights, such as password rules and "erase all data"? Do those rights apply to all users? Could the secondary user initiate a remote wipe that way? For example, AirDroid requests such rights and as a secondary user I can approve those rights. Those rights do not show up in the device-administrator list of the primary user, even though Android explicitly explains to the second user: "Erase the tablet's data without warning by performing a factory reset", not "Erase the user's data".
I don't really feel like trying out a remote wipe just to see what happens. Is there anyone here who knows? I haven't been able to find out on Google etc.
What happens if a secondary user installs an app that requires device-administrator rights, such as password rules and "erase all data"? Do those rights apply to all users? Could the secondary user initiate a remote wipe that way? For example, AirDroid requests such rights and as a secondary user I can approve those rights. Those rights do not show up in the device-administrator list of the primary user, even though Android explicitly explains to the second user: "Erase the tablet's data without warning by performing a factory reset", not "Erase the user's data".
I don't really feel like trying out a remote wipe just to see what happens. Is there anyone here who knows? I haven't been able to find out on Google etc.