Thread: Android file/folder encryption
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:46 PM   #1
attila.j.horvath
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file/folder encryption

All

I am new to Entourage tablet, Android and this forum. I purchased my E/E just this past December.

While I love my E/E a major issue I'm having, as I'm discovering, is the unavailability of Android Market (everyone's favorite topic it seems) and the device NOT being rooted ergo limiting available apk's I can use.

Unless I missed something, currently one serious short coming of Android devices in general is the lack of availability of file/folder encryption apk's like Truecrypt - an excellent product except it's not available for Android. Have tried SecretVaultPRO but (at least on my E/E) it doesn't work. Whenever I try closing the vault folder it crashes and corrupts it's contents.

Until something stable comes along like Truecrypt or FreeOTFE for Android this may be a reasonable workaround for some...

You can zip a folder including any subdirectories it might contain and securily encrypt it with APG:As long as files are not frequently required to be opened and/or changed, APG can provide extremely high level of security for sensitive data files.

thoughts/comments?

Attila