Of course you are right that this is no different than creating a desktop app in Java. I've just never seen the need to create a Java Desktop app, so I had not thought about the security issue.
Android apps that connect to web services are useful and typically require a developer key as part of the interaction. The same issue of securing the developer key would arise in a Java desktop app. > Forgive me if there is a very obvious answer to this question, but I want to have the best answer possible. Thanks, Carmen On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>wrote: > This is NO DIFFERENT than a desktop computer. The person owns the device. > Ultimately they will be able to do with it what they want, whether or not > you try to prevent them. And if a person jailbreaks an iPhone? Same > thing. I don't really understand why this is so traumatic, this is just > reality. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Carmen Delessio < > carmendeles...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Based on this, is your perspective that Andrei is correct that "basically >> storing private data on the phone is actually impossible?" >> >> My goal is not even store the data, but to have one time access for the >> application to a secure piece of data. >> ... > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
