Help MicroSD Card encryption. Is it possible? How? Discuss options.

[isaemm]

Is there way to encrypt you sd card so if it is taken out of your phone the card could not be read. Blackberry has this feature in the native os. You can choose to have the card encrytped so it can only be read when in your phone. Come on, if Blackberry can do this with out an app., I'm sure an android dev. can make an app . like that.

 

[BigCiX]

I hope their is such a thing.

 

[isaemm]

I don't see how it is not included in the native security settings.

 

[marctronixx]

by android being open source, they leave those things up to you.

there may be some applications in the store you can purchase and/or rooting with a particular ROM may grant you those features.

Ive seen others speak about it. best thing perhaps is to go to chefs and have them cook up these features.

some reading:

http://androidforums.com/1126026-post4.html

Using dm-crypt to Encrypt the SD Card...? - xda-developers

Using dm-crypt to Encrypt the SD Card...? - CyanogenMod Forum

Issue 11211 - android - Android too insecure - Encryption of the SDcard is crucial - Project Hosting on Google Code

Issue 3748: Add support for partition/block device encryption - Project Hosting on Google Code


some links from the forum:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/koala-file-encrypter/org.mobiledn.android.encrypt

http://tasker.dinglisch.net/tour.html ( forum: http://groups.google.com/group/tasker?pli=1)

Let Google know: http://androidforums.com/1431525-post5.html

 

[jerofld]

Honeycomb has this capability. My tablet can encrypt itself. I don't think Gingerbread will ever see it, though. So you have to find a third party app that will do it or wait for Ice Cream Sandwich, whenever we get that (probably not until 2012).