N9 Encryption
 

I store a lot of information on my 64GB N9. Some which is pretty confidential. Do we have any way to encrypt part or all of our N9?

Re: N9 Encryption
 

If you're asking for file encryption: afaik you can't encrypt whole filesystem yet, and since it may affect performance, I wouldn't do that. Of course, you can use gpg to encrypt/decrypt a single file, by using it on XTerm.

edit: It may be possible to make an encrypted folder, by using AegisFS and AegisCrypto but I don't know anything about them.

Re: N9 Encryption
 

One solution is Secufile (http://my-meego.com/software/applica...uto=759&faq=16)

Re: N9 Encryption
 

Yes i think file encryption still has not been achieved. Might be too early to ask. I think for now folder encryption would do.

neildk - thanks. Will check this out and see how it works.

Re: N9 Encryption
 

Application can write to /home/user/.private and can only see and access their own stuff written in there.
The .private directory is automatically hardware-encrypted by Aegis (Aegis has a good side, too).

To make this really secure, the application storing / accessing your data should ask for a password or passphrase that is stored encrypted with Aegis as well.

Re: N9 Encryption
 

Was looking for full encryption for my N9 and this thread came up.

Just thought I should add this talk: Blackhat 2012 EUROPE - Secure Password Managers and Military-Grade Encryption on Smartphones

In short, the vast majority (pretty much all) of the top apps (free + paid) in iOS / Blackberry that do this folder/file/input "encryption" either don't actually implement it properly or at all - I believe it was under 24hrs with one PC for all of them if you use a 6-7 digit passcode that consists of characters from the entire english keyboard (~96 characters).

Amusing talk if your interested in that kind of thing btw; being a complete beginner looking into the field, I really enjoyed it. Don't know what the situation is with our apps here, but good to keep in mind.

Re: N9 Encryption
 

Interested too.

The SDK repos. contains openssl which can be used for individual file encryption.
Perhaps you could use a simple shell script which loops over all the files in a directory, encrypts them with openssl, and removes the originals, and visa vera; this was my method on my old N900.

Still, you have the issue then of potentially being able to recover the unencrypted deleted files unless securely removed.

Re: N9 Encryption
 

It would be extremely awesome to have full-flash encryption on the N9, and there are ways it could be implemented, but it's not there yet and it would be a serious undertaking to change that. :(

I wouldn't advise one to trust Aegis to protect your data - it's not very secure against a casual attacker and definitely not secure against an advanced attacker (three-letter agencies, the mafia, etc.).