File Encryption

[johnburns]

I think it would be very useful to be able to encrypt partitions on the fly in xbmc . An implementation just like truecrypt would be perfect where a keyfile could be stored on a game save card and a password could also be entered.
It should support both standard and hidden volumes like truecrypt so as an example... The entire F drive partition is encrypted with a normal and a hidden volume.
The normal volume has on it non copyrighted content while the hidden volume contains all the copyrighted stuff.
If someone (ie police) ever gets ahold of your xbox for copyright reasons, you could give then the key to the normal volume and use the plausible deniability claim saying thats all there is.
The best thing about it is that the source to truecrypt is open source. I understand that this may require actually creating a series of sequential files on the f drive as a container rather than being able to encrypt the entire partition due to the way that the file system works. This would still allow the encryption to work on file based volumes, possibly with the file limitation of 4gb or whatever it is.

Thanks for a brilliant product so far, I love xbmc - its the only thing I use my xbox for!

[SleepyP]

wow that sounds like something a lot of the devs will be very interested in implementing immediately. after all, we just love those who break the law and support their efforts here...

[Gamester17]

Moved to the Comedy Forum where this belongs