From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

On 18 Apr 2025 17:36:47 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :

Yes, an app on Android - in your case the WebDAV Server - can see
part/most of the *root* file system, but it can't look in the
*app-private data areas*: Internal storage\Android\data, etc.

Yes. That's the part that initially surprised me when I saw that.
The WebDAV app can see more than the file manager apps can see.
Even some file managers can see more than other file managers.

I'd have thought it would be more consistent.
As it is, we have to try every file manager to see which is best.

I just counted mine. I have twenty file managers, in this order.
RoundSync
MiX
ZArchiver
Ghost Commander
SMTFile Manager
MK Explorer
FX Explorer
Samsung MyFiles
Amaze
Amaze Utilities
X-plore
OI File Manager
Material Files
Files.nbu
Files.marc
Explorer
Simple Explorer
Solid Explorer
Cx File Explore
Dir

So, as your last screenshot shows, you can look into the com.<name>
folders of some apps, but you will find that those are only *built-in*
apps, i.e. the ones which came with the phone.

Oh. Interesting observation. I hadn't noticed what the delta was.
Thanks for that astute observation.

You can't get into the Internal storage\Android\data\com.<name>
folders of *user-installed* apps.

Yeah. I knew it wasn't everything. But I didn't know what was protected.

So this method is no solution for Android full backup, because it
can't backup the most important part, the user data and settings.

Agreed. I hope I didn't sound like I was suggesting it for a FULL backup.
I just meant you can back up more than what you see in a typical file
manager.

And you can back up using a batch file with the drive letter such as

robocopy P:\ <destination> /E /COPYALL

(Assuming your sdcard, for example, is mounted as drive "P:" on Win10.)

Thanks for the clarifications. I will agree with anyone who makes sensible statements just as I disagree with anyone who doesn't (which could be the
same person at any given time - which I find odd that other people find
that even-keeled attitude strange to them). I'm not religious that way.

If God tells me the truth, I believe it & thank him.
If God tells a lie, I confront him.

What matters to me isn't the person - but what they say.
Each interaction is water under the bridge.
The next interaction starts the process anew.
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:42:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

This does exist, I worked for a company which allowed PGP in their
corporate email, but using a doctored version that added a key owned by
the company, so that they could read any email.

Is that Free Software? Well, their PGP version was published, license unchanged, AFAIK.

Did they prevent you from substituting your own version?
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From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

On 2025-07-12 02:18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:42:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

This does exist, I worked for a company which allowed PGP in their
corporate email, but using a doctored version that added a key owned by
the company, so that they could read any email.

Is that Free Software? Well, their PGP version was published, license
unchanged, AFAIK.

Did they prevent you from substituting your own version?

No. But you could be fired for breach of regulations or whatever.

Maybe in contradiction with current laws on data protections in the EU
and Spain; but this is corporate mail, not private mail. Touchy.
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Cheers, Carlos.
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