Google plans to add support for encrypted files to Drive for Android - Android

Google is gearing up to patch one of the biggest holes in its Drive cloud service - encryption. Even though Drive offers a ton of useful features, there’s no native encryption baked in the service and users must rely on add-ons and extensions. Things are about to change, though, as the folks at have found strings of code, suggesting that Google plans to add the encryption support to its Drive app for Android.

"You'll be able to open encrypted files soon" is one of the most interesting strings of the bunch. It suggests that Drive users on Android will be able to open encrypted files directly ...