Thanks, Articles like this make me think it is easy enough for me to do: http://zeaster.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-decompile-dex-file-on-android_28.html
>From the thread, at minimum we shouldn't put secure data in a string like the example to get this started. - String mySecretKey ="secret"; - We can obfuscate, use encryption, and make this as difficult as possible. And perhaps there is a good reason to add a EULA with old fashioned language like you agree not to: "reverse engineer or decompile, decrypt, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to human-readable form" On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Carmen Delessio < > carmendeles...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > To be a little more accurate, this is not specific to Java or the Desktop, > but any code that runs on a user's device. > > >> 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. > > > And it's the same issue as such an app running on an iPhone, or a native > application on a desktop, etc. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > > > > -- Carmen http://www.twitter.com/CarmenDelessio http://www.talkingandroid.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
