*> But sometimes, just sometimes, when people > "intentionally design the way it is for security purposes", they have > a backup protocol for establishing your identity when the key is lost. * Agreed. But that introduces a certain level of security risk.
In this case the backup protocol is "back up your own freaking key so that if/when you lose it you still have one somewhere that you can access!" :-) I seem to remember reading something in the Dev Guide back when I started Android development where they suggested this... but I tried looking for the link to post in this thread and couldn't find it. *> Not here.* That doesn't mean the current system is broken. Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Nikolay Elenkov <nikolay.elen...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > "Some time"? If the password was strong, it could take many years! > > Surely. But: > > * most people use a dictionary word or a word + '123'/whatever > * it is unlikely to be too long > * with a single multicore machine you can run this in parallel > > So, do a dictionary attack, if it doesn't work after some time, > give up. 'Some time' is just how long you are willing to wait, and > would depend on how valuable the application is. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
