Yes, that type of backup is sent over SSL by default.

I don't think this is really documented/stated anywhere - I only know
because I was doing research into it myself.

-Tim Strazzere


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Eric Ceder <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KGEbOOr8PTI/UDPoCh0eDWI/AAAAAAAAAgo/A_N1slJkKrQ/s1600/Screenshot_2012-08-21-21-51-31.png>
> Yeah, I mean this type of data  (see image) wich I guess are the same as
> you are mentioning.
>
> Could you provide a link to where this is stated? Im doing some research
> for my company and would like to be able to present the hard facts
> regarding this.
>
> Thanks for the response! :)
>
> Den tisdagen den 21:e augusti 2012 kl. 17:59:55 UTC+2 skrev strazzere:
>>
>> Which specific backup data are you speaking about?
>>
>> If you mean the application data that is backed up (preferences/wifi
>> networks/etc) - it's all done over HTTPS/SSL using protobufs. Otherwise,
>> I'm not exactly sure what your talking about.
>>
>> -Tim Strazzere
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Eric Ceder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what kind of traffic that is used when a user wants to
>>> do a back up of his/hers phone to Google? Is it encrypted traffic? And is
>>> that back up when its done encrypted? Is this generally the same or can it
>>> differ from different versions of android and manufacturers?
>>>
>>> Im really interested in knowing how this works on Android ICS and
>>> Samsung SIII.
>>>
>>> All input in this matter would be much appriciated.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
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