Tag: Security

Android Auto Backup + Keystore Encryption = Broken Heart Love Story

You care about your user’s data and you encrypt them. Android provides you Android Keystore to make it easier – great! You also want to help your user migrate the data when he changes the phone or wipes out data. Here also you can use built-in Android Auto Backup...

Not so hardware Android Keystore

So you thought that your keys generated with an Android Keystore are securely stored in some hardware magic box? Not even close. You can find them on your drive. The headline above is something of a clickbait, but there is a lot of truth in it as well. TL;DR...

Generate quasi secure password on Android

Sometimes you have to use the generated password on the device.This is generally not the best approach but if you have to then try to do it as good as it is possible.This is my way to generate a random and quasi secure password on Android: You can ask...