GnuPG for Android

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Revision as of 01:02, 17 February 2012 (view source) Hans (Talk | contribs) (notes from Nathan and my subway chat) ← Older edit		Revision as of 01:38, 17 February 2012 (view source) Hans (Talk | contribs) (organized feature lists into Activity grouping) Newer edit →
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	== Supported Features ==		== Supported Features ==
-	A list of gnupg features we aim to expose in the UI, in rough order of importance.	+	Overview of Needed Activities
	* a collection of Activities for seamless integration with other apps		* a collection of Activities for seamless integration with other apps
-	** encryption, decryption, sign, validate, trust level, etc.
	** act transparently via Intents and returned data		** act transparently via Intents and returned data
	** only pop UI if user-action is needed (password, choose key, etc)		** only pop UI if user-action is needed (password, choose key, etc)
		+	** sign/validate emails
		+	** encrypt/decrypt emails
		+	** sign/validate files
		+	** encrypt/decrypt files
		+	** show trust level
		+	** generate private key first time
		+	** sign OpenPGP keys to certify their validity
-	* sign/validate emails	+	A list of gnupg features roughly grouped by potential Activity screen:
-	* encrypt/decrypt emails	+
-	* sign/validate files	+
-	* encrypt/decrypt files	+
-	* sign OpenPGP keys to certify their validity	+
-	* view certification signatures for any key	+
-	* publish OpenPGP keys to keyservers	+
-	* publish OpenPGP certification signatures to keyservers	+
-	* search/download public keys from keyservers	+
-	* QR code display/scanning for keysigning exchanges	+
-	* display randomart image of fingerprint for keysigning exchanges	+
-	* sync local keyring with keyservers	+
-	* email certification signatures to key owner	+
-	* lsign (local-only unexportable) OpenPGP keys	+
	* private key view		* private key view
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	** should detailed info on scrollable page		** should detailed info on scrollable page
	** include QRCode of fingerprint?		** include QRCode of fingerprint?
		+	** publish public key with sigs to keyserver
	* key manager view		* key manager view
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	** view sigs, trust level, etc.		** view sigs, trust level, etc.
	** select key to sign, etc.		** select key to sign, etc.
		+	** sync local keyring with keyservers
		+
		+	* public key view
		+	** view certification signatures for any key
		+	** option to sign this key
	* signing activity		* signing activity
-	** display QR and randomart fingerprint	+	** QR code display/scanning for keysigning exchanges
		+	** display randomart image of fingerprint for keysigning exchanges
	** allow easy QR scanning		** allow easy QR scanning
-	** allow sending sig via email	+	** lsign (local-only unexportable) OpenPGP keys
-	** or upload to the keyserver	+	** publish certification signatures to keyservers
		+	** email certification signatures to key owner
	* searching and downloading keys		* searching and downloading keys
	** if no key in keyring, prompt to search for key		** if no key in keyring, prompt to search for key
	** preference to automatically search for less privacy concerned users		** preference to automatically search for less privacy concerned users
		+	** search/download public keys from keyservers
	* contacts integration		* contacts integration

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Revision as of 01:38, 17 February 2012

Supported Features

Overview of Needed Activities

• a collection of Activities for seamless integration with other apps
  • act transparently via Intents and returned data
  • only pop UI if user-action is needed (password, choose key, etc)
  • sign/validate emails
  • encrypt/decrypt emails
  • sign/validate files
  • encrypt/decrypt files
  • show trust level
  • generate private key first time
  • sign OpenPGP keys to certify their validity

A list of gnupg features roughly grouped by potential Activity screen:

• private key view
  • assume single private key
  • should detailed info on scrollable page
  • include QRCode of fingerprint?
  • publish public key with sigs to keyserver

• key manager view
  • list of public keys
  • view sigs, trust level, etc.
  • select key to sign, etc.
  • sync local keyring with keyservers

• public key view
  • view certification signatures for any key
  • option to sign this key

• signing activity
  • QR code display/scanning for keysigning exchanges
  • display randomart image of fingerprint for keysigning exchanges
  • allow easy QR scanning
  • lsign (local-only unexportable) OpenPGP keys
  • publish certification signatures to keyservers
  • email certification signatures to key owner

• searching and downloading keys
  • if no key in keyring, prompt to search for key
  • preference to automatically search for less privacy concerned users
  • search/download public keys from keyservers

• contacts integration
  • what does Google sync from custom fields?
  • show key verification status
  • show trust level
  • clickable link into GPG for signing, detail view

Optional Features

• display Photo ID images embedded in OpenPGP keys
• tor proxy support for non-root Tor

• trust path view
  • generate trust path between private key and current user

Third Party Code / Libs

• Java binding for GPGME: [1]
• GnuPG Wrapper for Java: [2]