Want to share an experience how to migrate OTP app (Microsoft Authenticator) from S8 to Note20 Ultra stying paranoid about security.
Microsoft allows us to have a cloud backup of the OTP secrets, so it eases the migration (it will not be perfect - some MS accounts will be broken and require additional steps to recover), but I don't want to share any secrets with MS. It is easy to migrate having Titanium, but it requires the rooted device.
So I've done the following.
On the S8 device (it is rooted) install Aegis authenticator
In Aegis - import secrets from Microsoft Authenticator (root required)
In Aegis - export secrets to file
On the Note20 Ultra install Aegis
Transfer the exported file to Note20 Ultra
On the Note20 Ultra - import the file
So now I've got rid from the MS Authenticator, have OTP and kept Note20 Ultra without root.
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Hi Guys,
I have been looking for some permanent space to upload ROM / Kernels / Zip files / Themes etc
After a long look for free space, i finally found a place which has an Android APP and web access to upload and share files, and it is actually FREE not a trial or anything.
For those who are interested, here is a link:
http://www.idrive.com/?uid=L8J9K6I6M1
The Android application is quite good:
IDrive Lite
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Log in with your existing IDrive credentials to:
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- View backed up files such as images, documents etc on your Android Phone
I am not affiliated with this app or company in anyway. I just thought i would share it for those who are looking for some FREE internet storage space, so that the flow of apps/roms/kernels/zips/themes etc etc can flow freely and space is accessible by more people.
Cheers and Enjoy !!!
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Hey all,
I've been toying with some ideas for improving security / implementing existing security tools / creating a security-focused ROM for the ZF2. I thought I would bring my ideas here and invite discussion on the ideas / take improvements and suggestions from the community.
Purpose for this Post:
This discussion is for envisioning, dreaming, brainstorming. I want to put my ideas out there and have the community improve them. Currently there are a number of facets of mobile security that have a large number of options / apps available for managing them:
- Internet traffic encryption: OpenVPN apps (many available)
- EncFS style disk encryption: built in encryption tool, Kryptonite, LUKS, etc
- Per-app firewall, internet denial: AFWall+
- Secure texting: Text Secure and I'm sure there are others
- Keychains: KeePass, others
- Secure keyboards, etc
For the person who wants to use all of these features, keeping apps updated and properly working is a LOT of work. The idea would be to integrate these tools into a ROM with a simple GUI control for all of them, and the updates for the tools would come via the ROM updates. Perhaps this post may spark a change in the way current things are done, and a separate ROM wouldn't be needed. If CM implemented some/all of these features, it would affect a lot (all?) of ROMs that are currently made for this device.
I would see the following principles as important to this idea:
- Encryption without reliance on external services - encryption done on the device, and key exchanges would be done device to device (of course securely through cell towers)
- Seamless integration without the user usually seeing it (unless they want to)
- If services are allowed access to data like contacts, notifications, and SMS, the user has fine control over what data they want to provide (individual contacts and lists, certain subset of SMS list selected by the user, call logs only through XX date or from XX person, etc)
Before kicking off into the content, here's a disclaimer:
- I am very busy lately (60 hours work / week). I'm not saying I will be working on this or that this is an up and coming ROM that you can expect to hit the shelves next week (unless someone else wants to take the idea and run with it)
- I have some self-taught programming, and encryption knowledge, but no formal background. As such, there may be some gaps in my knowledge, misinformation, misunderstanding on my part and some of my ideas might not make sense.
- Notwithstanding #1, I may stretch myself some day (at least longer than 6 months from now) to create some of this according to my limited capability
Now to the ROM:
Marshmallow Based:
- Would have dm-Verity enabled - making changes to system would / should be somewhat difficult
- SE Linux
- Intel encryption hardware on our CPU utilized
Calls:
- Public / Private key based voice data encryption: The keys would be generated on startup, stored in memory only , dumped on power off or regenerated every so often
- Maybe first second or two of the call would be a handshake request (data over the voice channel like a 56k modem)
>> If there is a response to the handshake request - exchange keys and encrypt voice data
>> If no response to handshake request, no encryption
Contacts:
- Encryption / Decryption Middleware based on stored private keys on phone
- Contacts are synced to Google encrypted, decrypted on phone to user (not stored on internal storage - or that's ok?)
- Apps requesting contacts can either have the legit contacts or fake and/or encrypted (user choice)
>> Downfall - if keys are lost, contacts are lost. Requires backups
- SMS public keys stored for each contact perhaps?
- Contact lists allowing apps to access partial lists (like if you want to use whatsapp, whatsapp doesn't get your whole contact list, just who you choose)
- Options for using Roll Your Own Cloud services in lieu of Google (one click to switch between OwnCloud, google contacts, for example)
Messaging (SMS, MMS):
- Something like TextSecure - but based on device to device key exchange...
- Looking for help on this one...maybe each contact on first text ever received by the phone exchanges public keys over text and keys are stored per contact?
- Appended special character to the front/back of text to indicate handshake request?
Email:
- Email client for encryption/signing with PGP built in
- Can send emails encrypted through google so google (or whoever) doesn't see your message (not by default - who wants an inbox full of emails only readable by phone?)
- Other features?
PGP:
- PGP integration with email / what else??
- User friendly interface for building key and signing others
- Other PGP uses?
Keychain:
- Some sort of Keepass like keychain - maybe browser integration?
- Maybe utilizing private key stored on disk?
- Secure password generation feature for creating accounts
Wifi/4G:
- Selective OpenVPN integration - options to force connection (or no internet), prefer (on certain types of networks - no password networks), notify (persistent notification on lack of connection), or disable entirely
>> Per app settings and possibly per network settings (SSID based - like when you connect to "Starbucks", force connection, but at home, no connection)
>> GUI for easy key generation, config file creation for those who roll their own
- Built in firewall with features like AF Wall+ for selective disabling of app network access
- Is Tor use or option worth it?
Browser:
- Permanent incognito mode / no cookies / no trace? At least as an option - like a "Snowden" mode or something
- Ad blocker integration. Whoo.
- Something like "HTTPS Everywhere" plugin
Disk Encryption:
- How is google's? Do we need something better?
- How to secure disk better than digit passcode (keyspace ten thou - hundred million - trivial for modern PW crackers)
Looking for help / ideas here.
Key Storage:
- As mentioned - where possible, generate new keys on startup every time for non-persistent data (phone calls, etc)
- When on disk, in encrypted folders through some sort of EncFS functionality or similar
- Disk decrypted keys only stored in memory, flushed on power off
Security tips:
- Password checkers / other tips for the average user for being more secure as an option (perhaps through notifications or toasts)
Theft/Data Loss Prevention:
- Integrated SMS-based option to erase keys / factory reset phone / other features?
Something like this would give Blackberry a run for their money! What are your thoughts? Tell me what you like and what you don't - what's great and what's stupid. Looking forward to the discussion.
First of all, this idea and vision you have regarding privacy is seriously way too advanced! I'm mindblown after reading your post. Now, it would take a hell lot of work to build this rom for ZF2 models(Z00A,Z008) and keeping them up to date. Dont really know if this much security is indeed needed. For me , even the Privacy feature in CM roms is enough. Dont know about others, but i doubt the success of this rom, if it gets built. Please dont mistake me, just sharing my thought.
I like this idiea, it is actually too advanced for the zenfone 2 but if you want to build this kind of ROM i support you, because i really want to install that ROM to my device.
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So here's the thing: these are all independent ideas. All of the ideas together are complicated, but they don't necessarily all have to be implemented. Or perhaps they could be built in to a cm mod incrementally. Either way, even if complicated, dream big. Discuss what you would like and what you think would be a useful feature. Also talk about what wouldn't be worth the effort to use (dont worry about building/implementing). If you would use these features, what options would you want? Would you want fine control and visible metrics or seemless operation? Again, don't worry about how it would be implemented, just what's useful.
I disagree that it would be too complicated for the ZF2. The cpu has built in dedicated encryption hardware and these tools are all available - just not in one package.
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Just begin with encryption support (pgp|s-mime/openkeychain) on emails like native android email client or BlackBerry Hub for Android, sms app, contacts maybe? Start with the basic apps that is usually used by people.
that, and kali nethunters and the zenfone will be a good phone for cybersecurity engineers
I want this rom make it lol what can I do to have ometing like this? I can buy a encrypted phone but the price is rather high so a rom with full encryption with calls and texts is what I'm looking for
Security patches will be updated too?
Hi all,
I'm excited of the S Pen of SM-N9860 and started to use the notes recently.
As Samsung Cloud is about to EOL soon (summer'21) I need some great note taking & sharing tool instead of Samsung Notes. Moreover, I need a tool that can store the shared data on my server (I don't want to share my notes with MS etc.).
Evernote - cloud only
OneNote - cloud only (or local SharePoint that is overkill)
Exchange Notes - text only
Any suggestions?
Samsung cloud is only closing for storing files and videos, pictures.
But it will still backup notes and settings and such.
So you can use samsung notes as normal it won't be affected.
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I gave the try to Zoho Notebook. No on prem support though...
Hi, is there a way to (batch) convert all conversations on whatsapp to HTML and csv files? Most 3rd party apps online seems to use some way to install an 'old' version of whatsapp to do this and that gets me banned temporarily from Whatsapp.
I basically want to uninstall Whatsapp and not use it anymore. But I have years of important conversations (many of which I may need to refer to for work etc), and I want to keep them all on my computer in a searchable format. HTML is optimum as it would presumably preserve the look and feel of the chats. CSV could also be good in terms of efficiency of searching.
Thanks!
I am having the same issue and it drives me insane! Ideally, I would like my messages and my attachments to be accessible in a convenient format for the future.
All I found is backuptrans, but I haven't tried it. People (on here) say it is legit in terms of "getting the job done" but I am generally suspicious of companies that hide their whois record behind a shell corporation and don't provide business contact details.
Cheers, JD
Try this, you can read messages in a GUI:
GitHub - andreas-mausch/whatsapp-viewer: Small tool to display chats from the Android msgstore.db database (crypt12)
Small tool to display chats from the Android msgstore.db database (crypt12) - GitHub - andreas-mausch/whatsapp-viewer: Small tool to display chats from the Android msgstore.db database (crypt12)
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