How about clearing yourself? You will need to remember you have read it so you don't re-read the cleared version.
On Saturday, August 4, 2012 7:18:51 PM UTC+1, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Hi All, > > EditText handles text input. We can mask the characters by adding the > android:password attribute. > > We can fetch a copy of the text with getText, and then erase or > zeroize the data in the char[] when finished. However, its not clear > to me what happens to the EditText's internal data with > android:password when the widget is destroyed. Does the EditText > behave securely by erasing or zeroizing its internal data? > > When an application recieves an onPause, I want the EditText to erase > or zeroize its internal data (data that I have not yet fetched with > getText). Is it possible to instruct the EditText to erase or zeroize > its internal data? > > Or is there another UI control we should be using? > > Jeff > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/KQAkSyUq0ucJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
