I love having my phone rooted. I am grateful to all the work by the devs on this board making my S5 run the way it should.
However, I try to keep my phone as secure as possible. I have my S5 set to use Fingerprint identification at login. I also have Google Location set up so I can locate my phone or wipe it remotely if it is lost or stolen.
However, with Safestrap, it is very easy for someone to get past the security. They can boot my phone, see the message for SafeStrap Recovery mode, push recovery and wipe my phone. Then they can then use any gmail account and reconfigure my phone for their own use. Of course, this disables me using Google Locate to find or wipe my sdcard.
Also, since SafeStrap does not support encryption, they can pop out my sdcard and read all of my data in any computer.
Is there a way to secure a rooted phone? Perhaps, SafeStrap could have an optional stealth mode that does not show on boot without a keypress combination? Maybe a third party encryption app that secures the sdcard?
Is there any way around these security issues (besides not rooting the phone)?
However, I try to keep my phone as secure as possible. I have my S5 set to use Fingerprint identification at login. I also have Google Location set up so I can locate my phone or wipe it remotely if it is lost or stolen.
However, with Safestrap, it is very easy for someone to get past the security. They can boot my phone, see the message for SafeStrap Recovery mode, push recovery and wipe my phone. Then they can then use any gmail account and reconfigure my phone for their own use. Of course, this disables me using Google Locate to find or wipe my sdcard.
Also, since SafeStrap does not support encryption, they can pop out my sdcard and read all of my data in any computer.
Is there a way to secure a rooted phone? Perhaps, SafeStrap could have an optional stealth mode that does not show on boot without a keypress combination? Maybe a third party encryption app that secures the sdcard?
Is there any way around these security issues (besides not rooting the phone)?
