How to Encrypt your Android Phone

[beanlicker]

DJIGZO for Android can be used with your existing Android mail application to send and receive S/MIME signed and encrypted email. DJIGZO for Android is free for personal use.

Features:
- S/MIME 3.1 (X.509, RFC 3280), email encryption and digital signing
- Can be used with the Android Gmail application
- Compatible with existing S/MIME clients (like Outlook, Thunderbird etc.)
- Message and attachments are encrypted
- HTML email support
- Certificates are automatically extracted
- CRLs supported (LDAP and HTTP)
- Certificate trust lists (CTLs) for black/white listing certificates
- LDAP servers can be searched for certificates
- Can generate self-signed certificates for a 'private-PKI'

Note: DJIGZO for Android does not provide functionality to retrieve email. An existing Android email application with attachment support, for example Gmail or K9, should be used to retrieve the encrypted attached smime.p7m message.

Permissions:
- The GET_ACCOUNTS permission is required to get the default sender address
- The READ_CONTACTS permission is required to lookup the recipients for the compose page

Documentation:
- Quick start guide http://www.djigzo.com/documents/djigzo-android-quick-start-guide.pdf (http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.djigzo.com/documents/djigzo-android-quick-start-guide.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGqNckKMl4zmiutB7KBv0CxCH1f0w)
- Reference guide http://www.djigzo.com/documents/djigzo-android-reference-guide.pdf (http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.djigzo.com/documents/djigzo-android-reference-guide.pdf&usg=AFQjCNElf8mQ1KSgl7dkoaUJWrjL-RuodQ)
For more information see http://www.djigzo.com/android.html (http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.djigzo.com/android.html&usg=AFQjCNH50lj8Zagg0mEetvQIG_9FpgWIQw)
For support email [email protected]

About DJIGZO:
DJIGZO, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, provides products for the protection of email. DJIGZO Email Encryption Gateway is an open source centrally managed email server that encrypts and decrypts email at the gateway level.
Installation packages are available for Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat and CentOS. A Virtual Appliance for VMware and Hyper-V is available. An add-on for BlackBerry is available.

[PAiN]

Great post. I also use orbot with orweb to encrypt my browsing and gibberbot for texting. It encrypts everything.

[drednought]

Articles are out today that the NSA has a backdoor into the Android OS...does this give them access to these?

[keith1569]

Very good info! Checking it out!

[moprmac]

Thanks for this info!

NSA probably has whatever they want anyhow, just like any other alphabet agency.

[TEPENEX]

great info! quick question don't all of these phones and the ones below have the ability to track gps and listen in on mic and cam even if its off? Maybe its over kill but safe and privacy is our right.
BlackBerry Limited’s BlackBerry:
For years, the BlackBerry was the device of choice for those wanting strong security. They provided a secure network and chip-level hacking protections that others lacked. BlackBerrys have been fully encrypted for at least a decade.
However the phone’s market share had shrunk to less than 2% in the United States in 2015 so it’s no longer a viable option for many companies.
Hard-core security
For those for whom security is paramount, there's a phone with high security and high prices to match.
Silent Circle’s $799 Blackphone 2 delivers full device encryption by default. The enterprise-grade phone works with Android and through Silent Circle’s own Silent OS, an operating system built around privacy.

[TEPENEX]

In reference to what I stated above check this out looks for major shit they can get in. I still think phones should only be used at specific times etc.

Police seize network behind encrypted BlackBerry PGP devices – Naked Security (https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/04/26/police-seize-network-behind-encrypted-blackberry-pgp-devices/)

Police seize network behind encrypted BlackBerry PGP devices

[bigmills]

In reference to what I stated above check this out looks for major shit they can get in. I still think phones should only be used at specific times etc.

Police seize network behind encrypted BlackBerry PGP devices – Naked Security (https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/04/26/police-seize-network-behind-encrypted-blackberry-pgp-devices/)

Police seize network behind encrypted BlackBerry PGP devices
So is there no VPN security that will actually work on Android phones?

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[Mrhat40]

I have tor on at start up, and run a VPN. All this slows do my phone. But it seems important to me.

Mrhat

[minotauros]

imo telegram and the like are the way to communicate securely these days. also if you root your android phone there are many devent security apps to cut privileges from apps (even preinstalled company apps) that you didnt even know existed. i firmly believe that if you want security using gmail and the like is out of the question.

[max562]

You have to assume the general populations technology is years behind those who do the snooping.....nice to think you're secure but you never are IMO...if they want you they gonna get ya and you can't do shit about it


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[minotauros]

that is the ultimate point. you are never safe. just hoping to be hard to get..

[mayhem96]

good post mate