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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Euphoric on August 17, 2013, 08:22 pm
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Well I know that Android is technically an open-source mobile OS, and then the different phone manufactuers have made their own closed source variations of it. For Example the "HTC Sense" and exclusive features of Samsung's Galaxy series etc.
Is the device and SD card encryption for Android devices running 4..0+ acceptable or are there backdoors for LEO? Right now I'm not even considering it, but was just curious...
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I would recommend rooting your phone and installing a 3rd party open source ROM first. Keeping stock android is stupid security-wise.
Android's encryption is functional but the features are limited and stupid you must have less than a 16 character encryption key and unless you use EncPassChanger your encryption key is the same as your unlock code leading to the choice between a shit key for easy unlocking or a good key leading to unlocking your phone taking 10 minutes and risking over the shoulder says finding out your key as well.
Is it foolproof? No. But with some tweaking you can make it functional and easy to use by setting your desired unlock pin, then encrypting, then using EncPassChanger(root required) to change the encryption key for boot-time decryption while retaining your simple key for simple unlocking.
It's also basically just LUKS so we know it's not backdoor at the very least.