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On 2024-11-06 13:37, Paul wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11/6/2024 8:24 AM, Java Jive wrote:
>>
>> On 2024-11-06 11:13, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>
>>> 'Downloading Smart Switch on my PC'
>>> Last Update date : Apr 17. 2024
>>> <https://www.samsung.com/au/support/mobile-devices/downloading-smart-switch-on-pc/>
>>
>> Thanks for that.  Like you, I couldn't find it on the Samsung site. I've downloaded and installed it from your link, and backed up the WiFi settings to a PC  -  encouragingly, I was given the specificity to choose to back up only those settings.  However, looking at the backed up files, although I can open the zips in 7-zip, the data itself is encrypted, despite there being an option to encrypt which I noted and specifically left unselected.  I suspect that it's encrypted because the original file from the phone was just backed up as is, and that was encrypted on the phone :-(
>>
>>  From which I predict that most probably it will also be encrypted using the micro SD card that is due to arrive early this evening :-(
> 
> There is some info here, on crypto philosophy.
> 
> https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/249639/can-an-android-device-connect-to-the-internet-before-decrypting-the-storage

Interesting ...

"Device Encrypted (DE) storage includes data like WiFi passwords, 
Bluetooth connections, alarms, theme, wallpaper, apps & device settings."

.... so, as I presume each device has its own encryption key, how can 
data which is stored as encrypted be copied in a usable form to another 
device, as Smart Switch is supposed to do?

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