On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:02 PM, seattleandrew <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like Google has temporarily pulled the .apk encryption feature. > Users were reporting problems of legitimate play store purchased apps from > being able to run possibly due to a bug in Jelly Bean that didn't handle the > decryption properly. Users who now re-download apps will download an > unencrypted version of the app until Google can resolve the issue, probably > with an OS update. > > Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/08/android_drm_disabled/ >
This is not exactly accurate, at least not for Google Play 3.7.15. It appears it only skips forward locking for apps with widgets and accounts, most probably those that request to be installed only on internal storage. Other paid apps are forward locked (encrypted) as before. Here's some proof :) # vdc asec list 111 0 com.outfit7.talkingpierre-1 111 0 com.outfit7.talkingtom2-1 200 0 asec operation succeeded # ls -l /data/app|grep -i beaut -rw-r--r-- system system 6046274 2012-08-06 10:45 com.levelup.beautifulwidgets-1.apk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. 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.
