On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Mike Habicher <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 13-06-10 12:18 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> I think someone else has already mentioned that since USB mass storage mode
> mounts the SD card as a block device, there's no security we can provide to
> the contents of the SD card when the phone is plugged into a PC with USBMS
> enabled.

Using a loopback device would allow us to use directory permissions. If
we want the data to be non-transferable then we encrypt it and store the
key on the main flash. Storing the encryption key in the network (or the
SIM) would make it transferable.

> Another side-effect of this is that the phone can't access the SD card
> during this time, so apps stored on the SD card won't be available, or may
> break.

Mass Storage Class is far from an ideal choice. MTP and PTP have
advantages including not requiring exclusive access. Using a USB cable
is a very old fashioned way to access files. We should be supporting wifi.

Anthony
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