Safe Area

About Safe Area Android App

Safe Area is an application that can help you to protect your confidential data on your Android device. Thanks to the latest technologies in data encryption, you will be able to keep your files safe. With its intuitive and user-friendly interface, this application can be used by anybody and no special skills are required.

For a professional or recreational use, you will be able to use multiple ways to crypt your files :

● Password : traditional but useful, you have to set a password to protect your file.
● Geofencing (Safe Area exclusivity) : You will be able to define an area wherein you have to be to decrypt the file. For example you can use your house or office.
● Map : You have to choose a place on the map to crypt the file, and to be able to decrypt it, you will have to find the exact same location. It’s like the place was your password.
● Pattern : You have to draw a particular pattern to protect your file. It’s the same procedure as to unlock your screen.


/!\ Be Careful /!\ Some features require enabled GPS to work properly.


This application has been developed for the course LFSAB 1509 at Louvain school of engineering. The code has been published under GPLv3 license.