[security-dev] Android Developers Blog: Using Cryptography to Store Credentials Safely

Anil Saldhana Anil.Saldhana at redhat.com
Wed Feb 20 10:44:18 EST 2013


I have heard one of the biggest challenges with Android apps is once the 
phone is rooted, you have access to the APK.  Basically any unencrypted 
secrets/tokens used by the app are vulnerable. At a bare minimum, OAuth 
interactions require (ClientID + ClientSecret) combination to be saved.

On 02/20/2013 05:27 AM, Bruno Oliveira wrote:
> Morning, just be careful with the earlier releases from 
> Android http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40578
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> "The measure of a man is what he does with power" - Plato
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> Volenti Nihil Difficile
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> On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Anil Saldhana wrote:
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>> http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/02/using-cryptography-to-store-credentials.html?m=1
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