On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> 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?
EditText and Sensitive Information (Wipe/Zeroize),
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=36233.

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