Unlock encrypted device and sd card together

asked 2020-04-05 10:36:08 +0200

ghling gravatar image

updated 2020-04-05 10:37:29 +0200

With device encryption being available with the 3.3 release, I wonder if device and sd card encryption can be combined.

According to the Jolla support article about sd card encryption (https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201997993), you need to unlock the card every time you "turn the device on" (does this refer to a restart of the device or a simple power off of the screen?) via a separate menu.

Now with all the auto-unlock for the user data (/home) in place when unlocking the phone, it would be neat if the sd card could be unlocked the same way: power on screen -> enter PIN -> /home and sd card gets unlocked automatically.

Is this feature already implemented but not yet added to the domcumentation? Or may I ask for it to be added?

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@ghling: "does this refer to a restart of the device" --> yes.

Spark ( 2020-04-05 13:38:55 +0200 )edit

Thanks for the reply. When you only have to unlock the sd card after a restart of the device, this issue is much less annoying. Still, it would be great to have an automatic unlock in place, now that all the components needed are in place.

ghling ( 2020-04-06 08:10:13 +0200 )edit