Re: [iPhone] Data protection clarification needed.

2010-08-03 Thread Sandro Noël
Graham thank you ! On 2010-08-03, at 1:46 AM, Graham Lee wrote: > On 2 Aug 2010, at 18:37, Sandro Noël wrote: > >>> I suppose it might depend on what data you're talking about. If it's >>> application configuration data, then it definitely should be backed up via >>> the usual methods. If it

Re: [iPhone] Data protection clarification needed.

2010-08-02 Thread Graham Lee
On 2 Aug 2010, at 18:37, Sandro Noël wrote: >> I suppose it might depend on what data you're talking about. If it's >> application configuration data, then it definitely should be backed up via >> the usual methods. If it's some kind of cache of data from an external >> source, then perhaps i

Re: [iPhone] Data protection clarification needed.

2010-08-02 Thread Greg Guerin
Sandro Noël wrote: There is no need for that data to be backed up anywhere, as it is retrievable from the web service. the cached data is used for offline operations and later synced back to the web service. We want to control when the data becomes available in an unencrypted format. and

Re: [iPhone] Data protection clarification needed.

2010-08-02 Thread Sandro Noël
Hey Mark! Sorry for not being to clear, I'm doing my best. > > I suppose it might depend on what data you're talking about. If it's > application configuration data, then it definitely should be backed up via > the usual methods. If it's some kind of cache of data from an external > source,

Re: [iPhone] Data protection clarification needed.

2010-08-02 Thread Mark Ritchie
Hey! On 2/Aug/2010, at 9:02 AM, Sandro Noël wrote: > ... > What we want is for out application Data to still be locked when the phone is > unlocked > and only unlocked by the user when the user logs locally in to the > application. > ... I'm sure that there are several ways to encrypt data on th

[iPhone] Data protection clarification needed.

2010-08-02 Thread Sandro Noël
Greetings. I've been looking for information on how the data protection works on the iPhone and I've watched the WWDC video session 209. but I might have misunderstood. what I understand is that the data is protected as long as the phone is locked. otherwise, it is accessible. with options of syn