On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 10:11:41AM -0700, Ben Burdette wrote: > Here are a couple of items for the phone wish list: data encryption and > biometric security. I'd like the phone to be a secure place for me to > store passwords and similar information. Are there plans to have some > security features like this, that would prevent someone from extracting > secure data from the phone if it was lost?
I believe there are encrypted data storage programs available for OpenEmbedded (I know Opie has ZSafe and I imagine GPE has something similar), and if for whatever reason there aren't, I'm sure someone will write one. I know I personally love having an encrypted text storage program on my phone (Java) and on my PDA (native), and I wouldn't trust my private information or that of my employer to something that wasn't. > Having a fingerprint scanner would be more of a convenience feature so I > wouldn't have to enter a password whenever I want use the phone, or > alternatively when I want to access encrypted data. Personally, after seeing how easily it is for some biometric devices to be circumvented or fooled, I would rather use a time-tested method like password entry. On my current phone, I require a pass code to unlock my SIM card (As the phone is powered on) and a different one for my encrypted data store, but not one to use the phone. I believe this is good middle ground for security (And besides, I guard my phone jealously). > Here's a device that has a built in fingerprint scanner, its a debian > server that connects to your computer with USB: > > http://www.projectblackdog.com/ Yeah. Too bad that company is going under. :) -KW _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
