Yes I think that's the concern is that developers are releasing apps which can be (arguably) easily pirated, take Madfinger's recent Dead Trigger news for instance. I believe that since the .apk will be encrypted through the Google Play store *per* device, it will mean that the .apk will be device specific and cannot be installed on other devices, even if it's the same model. This should ease a lot of developers concerns with piracy.
On Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:09:26 AM UTC-7, reox wrote: > > Am 01.07.2012 01:31, schrieb Jeffrey Walton: > > Hi All, > > > > From Earlance's earlier post on App Encryption > > (http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html): > > > > Starting with Android 4.1, Google Play will help protect > > application assets by > > encrypting all paid apps with a device-specific key before they > > are delivered > > and stored on a device. > > > > What threat is being mitigated here? An information leak of > > intellectual proerty? Unauthorized patching of applications on a > > rooted device? > they are only talking about paid apps, so i think its about pirating > apps... > > greetings > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/3N7ZO_l9YY0J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
