topic Re: samsung denial log reporting service in Android

samsung denial log reporting service

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:14:59 GMT

Hi all, I've had a prompt from Samsung on my Galaxy S4 about a Denial Log Reporting Service which I either have to agree or cancel for 90 days. Does anyone know what this is or is experiencing it too?

I suspect it is something to do with their new security protocols with Knox but I would only be guessing at that.

I'm not a big fan of simply accepting whatever pops up on my phone without knowing what I'm agreeing to so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Re: samsung denial log reporting service

MI5 — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:18:12 GMT

Yes, it is to do with Knox.

Denial Log:
- Captures SE for Android denials in Enforcement mode on the device and uploads
them to a Samsung Server.

- These denial logs are stored on the device at:
/data/misc/audit/audit.log and audit.old).

Re: samsung denial log reporting service

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:39:26 GMT

Thanks for that but do you know what that all actually means? Is my activity now going to be accessible by Samsung? I don't really want to give them access to messages, emails or web activity tbh.

Re: samsung denial log reporting service

MI5 — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:44:02 GMT

Private users don't need Knox. It's all to do with Samsung trying to push their phones onto the corporate/business market (to capitalise on BB's demise)....
I wouldn't recommend any of the Knox implementations to normal private users......
Details about Knox here http://www.samsung.com/global/business/mobile/solution/security/samsung-knox
and here https://cdn.samsungknox.com/system/files/whitepaper/files/Samsung_KNOX_Glossary.pdf