Timeline for Android full disk encryption
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| Apr 2, 2016 at 0:50 | answer | added | forest | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 22:06 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSecurity/status/716023936211894273 | ||
| Apr 1, 2016 at 14:14 | answer | added | Jeff Meden | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 14:05 | comment | added | WorseDoughnut | Only because this a more device-specific question than a security question in general, I would consider asking this question on the XDA Forums for the HTC Desire. They would have better device-specific knowledge about the encryption on that specific device. forum.xda-developers.com/htc-desire/help | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 13:57 | history | edited | k1308517 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2016 at 13:56 | comment | added | WorseDoughnut | @CommonsWare I'm speaking from experience with two separate (LG from Play Store and HTC from Verizon Store) manufactures distributions of the stock android 4.4.1. So, barring any weird vendor specific menus/launchers you may be referring to, the stock Android 4.4.1 settings menu lists "Phone Storage Encryption" under the "Security" heading, and entering that submenu offers no further explanation into the specifics of the encryption used on the device. | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 12:55 | comment | added | CommonsWare | "that's all it says on the menu option" -- and what "menu option" is this? "I imagine it's burred in some google support post somewhere" -- you assume that this has something to do with Android, rather than something to do with a device manufacturer. For example, in Settings > Security on a Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.3), there is an "Encryption" heading with an "Encrypt phone" option. That is full-disk encryption. | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 12:48 | comment | added | WorseDoughnut | @CommonsWare To be fair, that's all it says on the menu option. I recently upgraded from 4.4.1 to 5.0, and 4.4.1 just labels it as "Phone Encryption". It doesn't list a specific method or anything helpful on the phone itself, but I imagine it's burred in some google support post somewhere. | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 11:26 | comment | added | CommonsWare | "what is the difference between full disk encryption and phone storage encryption which I am using" -- you would need to explain what "phone storage encryption" means. | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 10:55 | answer | added | Tim Jonas | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 1, 2016 at 9:47 | history | asked | k1308517 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |