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From: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
To: Mathieu Pellerin <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Client/server certificates verification support on Android platform
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:44:41 +0200
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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> On 19 Sep 2025, at 12:18, Mathieu Pellerin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Would it make sense for other operating systems beyond Windows to also have relaxed permissions within specific application-specific folders? On Android, the application’s data directory would certainly match a similar set of secure assumptions as the OS restricts its access.

FWIW, I am not a fan of the presumed-safe approach to filesystem locations, and
even less so of relaxed permissions via configuration.

One thing which has been discussed is to add support for vaults, like macOS
keychain etc, as an alternative to filesystem acceess.  Are there any such
capabilities on Android which could be relied upon?

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Daniel Gustafsson

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