So for those that are having this issue, is this something that a Play Store update will fix?
On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 8:35:29 AM UTC-7, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:02 PM, seattleandrew > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/yorgqWyZO2sJ. 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.
