Decrypted files are stored where?

khell

On Android, when BoxCryptor decrypts a file, is it stored in memory only? It is not ever written to the disk, right?

Boris

Hello khell

After downloading a file Boxcryptor decrypts the file and stores the decrypted file in /sdcard/Android/data/com.boxcryptor.android/cache/plain. Then the chosen app can use the decrypted file. After usage the file is automatically deleted.

Because other apps can't handle the encrypted files the decrypted file has to be written to your disk.

Best regards
Boris

meinusername

is it safely being deleted or can i just restore it via restoring software (which obviously would NOT be good)!

Boris

Hello meinusername

the files are not erased from your sdcard. So they could be restored with a special restoring software.
Because BoxCryptor's main goal is to protect your files in the cloud this feature has low priority. Furthermore there are several security mechanisms which can protect your local device from data theft. So this is why we have not (yet) included secure erase to BoxCryptor for Android.

Best regards
Boris