OpenPGP for Android

Tiago Faria tiago at xroot.org
Tue Jan 18 15:50:48 CET 2011


On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:35:12 +0100
Daniel Mang <danielmang at googlemail.com> wrote:

> It seems not very secure to put your private key on a mobile device,
> unless there is some way to encrypt the harddisk (in case the device
> is stolen or confiscated). Is there ?

There has been some discussion and development on LUKS in the Android.
Not sure what the current state is.

Some relevant links:

XDA-Developers thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866131

Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/K1K9i.jpg

HowTo:
https://androidvoid.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/android-encryption-using-cryptsetup-and-luks/

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