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TEE is the abbreviation of Trusted-Execution-Environment, a special secure zone inside an Android device that is isolated from the rest of the system by both hardware and software.

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TPM (Trusted Platform Module) vs. TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) - can credentials be *stored* on both?

TPM is physically isolated from the rest of the system (i.e. it is a standalone chip on the mainboard), while TEE is a secure area of the main CPU. The key function of both TPM and TEE is to do ...
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What EXACTLY does "pm uninstall" do on an unrooted Android 9.0 device?

There seems to be confusion regarding the behavior of pm uninstall from the ADB shell, see also here and here. Question: What configuration files does pm uninstall write to, is it /data/system/...
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Where are Android app settings stored?

If I uninstall apps/services on an unrooted Android device via the ADB shell (e.g. by doing pm uninstall), where is this information stored? Note that I'm not referring to settings within individual ...
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How to determine if an android application uses Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and Secure Element (SE)?

I have gone through questions One and Two. But still I have an additional question. How do we find out that an android application uses Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and Secure Element (SE). ...
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How to find out if an android device is using TEE?

I am new to Trusty TEE OS. Is there any way to find out if an Android Device uses such an OS without rooting the device ? AFAIK there, DRM (Digital Rights Management) is the most widely used ...
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