Are there risks associated with using the Synchronization feature of ActiveSync and sensitive data or the Encrypter?
The activesync synchronization automatically mirrors the PC with the PPC. If you have configured the synchro feature of ActiveSync to grab the folder the mount volume resides in, then it will periodically copy the contents of the PPC to the PC. If the volume is mounted, the data is unencrypted, and this data will be copied to the desktop. If the volume is unmounted, the folder no longer exists and a file name volume.aev is created. The synchro feature of ActiveSync will see that the volume folder is gone, and will delete it from the PC. At the same time, it will also copy over the encrypted volume.aev file. However, if a user as a mounted (unencrypted volume) open on their PPC and they pull it from the cradle, and then unmount the volume, the PPC will be encrypted but the PC will not because the synchronization has never occurred. We recommend that you avoid synchronizing ANY information you want encrypted. There are several other issues that compromise your data. First, any time data
