SMS Encryption by Using Android Operating System

Abstract

Mobile phones are the most commonly used devices in today’s scenario. The expanding use of mobile phones, telecommunication companies added feature such as SMS (Short Messaging Service) in order to attract more customers. The Short Messaging Service (SMS) has become very popular for sending messages containing information among mobile users. Alongside, the need for the secure communication became more imperative. SMS security ensures security of messages from the access of unauthorized users. Using RSA algorithm to encryption of message that length is 160 character. In this paper present approach encryption message for type a SMS then send to other user. This approach is applied in mobile environment with android operating system. The platform used here is JAVA and the proposed approach is tested different types of mobile types (Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, HTC).