On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Earlence <[email protected]> wrote: > Google states that apps downloaded from play will be encrypted on the > device. > I have a few questions: > > 1. From the documentation, it seems that the APK will be stored in > encrypted form in the /data/ partition. If so, does this mean that on > every execution, a decryption takes place? If so, the key has to be > retrieved onto the device, probably from the users gmail account. > > 2. If I change my device, will my apps go away? The docs say device > specific key. Maybe this is an incorrect term? The key should be > associated with a key derived from the gmail account? > > 3. If the app is encrypted before download to the device, this means 2 > things: a. the key is associated with the gmail account or b. google > play talks to the device and the key is really stored on the device > somewhere. My Google-fu is off today - I'm not getting any relevant hits from Google or Android's sites. https://encrypted.google.com/#q=google+play+apk+encryption+site:android.com
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