Sad but true.

k-9 mails lacks of even the simplest security options.

Unfortunately no one at k-mail developers seems to be interested in solving 
this issue.


On Friday, 4 September 2015 01:12:03 UTC+2, notlisted notlisted wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The only thing you could do is utilize the 'encrypt phone' option in 
> android. This would encrypt the file that your passwords are stored in. 
> However, it isn't really a solution as encrypting your whole phone brings 
> major performance disadvantages and also, if the phone is currently on and 
> after you have already entered your password, anyone with your phone in 
> their hands will have access to this file. k-9 mail simply needs to protect 
> user passwords rather than storing them in plain text as it does now.
>
> On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 4:17:24 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> When I setup the access to the remote mail servers for POP3/SMTP then I 
>> have to enter my remote mailbox passwords.
>>
>> I fear a situation where my smartphone is stolen and someone else can 
>> read out my remote mailbox passwords.
>>
>> Can I somehow protect these passwords (which I guess are somwehere hidden 
>> (in which?) in a local Android file?
>>
>> K-9 Mail should prompt me for password at startup
>>
>>
>>

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