On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:13 AM, bugfree <bugf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the article. > > http://blog.trustlook.com/news/trustlook-found-hundreds-of-malicious-applications-in-the-google-play-store/ > Peter Gutmann has a lot of fun with over-permissioned battery apps in his book Engineering Security (www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/book.pdf).
As you've learned, allowing naive users to give invasive apps too many permissions is not perceived as a threat. Its a shame AOSP is still making the same engineering mistakes from the 1980s and 1990s. Users are not going to miraculously wake up tomorrow with additional security-IQ points. Jeff _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
