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 >> >> >> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
