Android Privacy Guard

Android Privacy Guard (APG) is a <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Mobile_app/r7vp6meo">app</a> for the <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> that provides strong, user-based <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a> which is compatible with the <a href="/facts/Pretty_Good_Privacy/4BELG9BW">Pretty Good Privacy</a> (PGP) and <a href="/facts/GNU_Privacy_Guard/EqmGmx7V">GNU Privacy Guard</a> (GPG) programs. This allows users to encrypt, decrypt, <a href="/facts/Digital_signature/tY7e2pnW">digitally sign</a>, and verify signatures for <a href="/facts/Text_file/zYW4JmES">text</a>, <a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">emails</a>, and other <a href="/facts/Computer_file/FjFH3Ufm">files</a>.
The application allows the user to store the <a href="/facts/Credential/wsuEjr95">credentials</a> of other users with whom they interact, and to encrypt files such that only a specified user can decrypt them. In the same manner, if a file is received from another user and its credentials are saved, the receiver can verify the authenticity of that file and decrypt it if necessary.
The specific implementation in APG relies on the <a href="/facts/Bouncy_Castle_(cryptography)/uwEYp9tT">Spongy Castle APIs</a>.
APG has not been updated since March 2014 and is no longer under active development. The development has been picked up by <a href="/facts/OpenKeychain/0g7uqt4l">OpenKeychain</a>.

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Android Privacy Guard