[guardian-dev] orbot 12.04 + sd 'data' storage

[Natanael]

Why not store the cache encrypted on SD with the key in internal storage?

- Sent from my phone
Den 10 okt 2013 12:04 skrev "Nathan of Guardian" <
nathan at guardianproject.info>:

> On 10/10/2013 12:39 AM, shmick at riseup.net wrote:
> > is there any safe way in future versions to have the 'data' component
> > not in the internal phone memory ?
> >
> > over time all the cached descriptors etc take up space
>
> There are two reasons we need to use internal memory.
>
> 1) We require the internal linux formatted storage for the Tor and
> Privoxy binaries, in order to be able to execute them.
>
> 2) The cached desc and other persisted data from Tor is considered
> sensitive, and we want to protect it from access or manipulation by
> third-party apps. Only internal storage allows this.
>
> I feel your pain for sure, and want to find a good solution to this. I
> suppose we could add a check box called "Store Tor data on unsafe
> external storage" and allow that for cases such as yours.
>
> +n
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