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Re: Encryption at rest for Tracked Entities on Mobile ….

 

The Android DHIS 2 Tracker app doesn't encrypt any data at the moment, but
the android device itself can be encrypted (the whole device), and all
traffic between the device and the server can be encrypted.

Ola
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Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
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On 17 November 2015 at 14:37, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Unfortunately, AFAIK we haven't implemented encryption on the Android
> clients yet.
>
> Knut
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 12:05 PM, David Hagan <david.hagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Quick question,
>>
>> We’re about to dig into some mobile app work for DHIS2 … I haven’t looked
>> under the hood of the DHIS2 Tracker Capture App example … but wanted to
>> know whether locally cached data is encrypted?
>>
>> We have a use case in which communication will be patchy (i.e. every
>> couple of days or so) and security of locally identifiable patient data (as
>> a tracked entity) is critical.
>>
>> David Hagan
>>
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