Callpod's Keeper Android app announced, helps you secure all your valuable information

Callpod’s Keeper Android app announced, helps you secure all your valuable information

August 17, 2010 | by Chris Smith

Callpod doesn’t seem like the most logical company to get into the Android app or even software business in general as they are primarily a phone accessory company. But, today Callpod has announced that they are making their Android app Keeper available for free or a more feature rich version for $29.99.

Keeper can help Android users store and encrypt “sensitive data such as passwords, financial, business and personal information”. According to the release the free version will be able to store passwords that are 128-bit AES encrypted. There is also a “self-destruct” feature for the free version that can help even destroy your data if compromised. Of course there is a paid version for $29.99 that keeps much more information and includes a cloud sync, restore, backup service as well as a desktop application. Another nice feature is that pretty much all smartphone platforms are supported including iOS, Android, RIM, Windows Mobile, and Symbian.

The Android app looks quite usable from the quick playing with it that I did today. I don’t have too much experience with just how secure these apps claim to be, but I do know that 128-bit AES is pretty much as hard as it comes to tap into. Take a look for yourself in the Market if it’s something for you.

Via [Callpod]

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4 Comments

Brian Klippel said: On August 17, 2010

The thought of people entering any critical password into an internet enabled application that is knowingly requesting password data is incredibly disturbing. Sure, they may claim the info is privately encrypted locally such that the data is not accessible by the application, but that's one potential lie away from all your passwords popping up on eBay. All any of these take is one accidental back door, or one malicious employee. Do any of them provide open source for peer review? If not you should surely not trust them unless the terms cover personal damages due to information theft and they have about a billion dollar bond to back it.

bello said: On August 18, 2010

This is nothing new, i have using callpod's keeper for free ever since i bought my N1 in january. And i installed a similar app for my ipad. Its now ever so simple and fun to use, i love it very much.
I normally back up my data securely to their server and restore on both devices so its just like syncing.
I have never put on my password on any site for safe keeping, even callpod's so i just write the first digit and last two digits of my password, that way i remember which one i use.
I highly recommend callpod's keeper, nothing like it.

snarf said: On August 20, 2010

Callpod must be banking on customers who don’t know snake oil when they see it.

Keepass is a free, open-source, highly secure password manager which runs on almost every platform you can think of. Store your keepass db on dropbox and you have cloud sync, free.

Craig said: On April 26, 2011

Keeper has some major new features, such as Sync and Backup to your computer, iPhone, other Android phones, and tons of other improvements. Plus the price dropped to $14.99. Check it out.

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