[android-developers] Re: rooted phones, security, private storage.

2010-01-20 Thread Edward Falk
On Jan 13, 9:18 am, sdphil wrote: > hey mark - when you say "copy protect" onAndroidMarketcauses more > problems than it solves, can you describe what you mean? Case in point: HTC recently pushed an update for the Eris that was incompatible with the Google Market. All copy-protected apps disa

[android-developers] Re: rooted phones, security, private storage.

2010-01-13 Thread strazzere
"Copy-protection" does not prevent rooted phones from seeing your application. You also might be forgetting, that if ANYONE gets a hold of the apk, regardless if they have a device (rooted or not), they could simply extract your encryption keys? -Tim On Jan 13, 12:18 pm, sdphil wrote: > hey mar

[android-developers] Re: rooted phones, security, private storage.

2010-01-13 Thread sdphil
hey mark - when you say "copy protect" on Android Market causes more problems than it solves, can you describe what you mean? On Jan 12, 2:08 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > sdphil wrote: > > I want to hide some info (encryption keys) in a private area. > > The best answer: the private area is the user'

Re: [android-developers] Re: rooted phones, security, private storage.

2010-01-13 Thread Mark Murphy
sdphil wrote: > hey mark - when you say "copy protect" on Android Market causes more > problems than it solves, can you describe what you mean? There is plenty of evidence that the problem with new phone models not being able to see some apps on the Android Market is due to copy protection -- the

[android-developers] Re: rooted phones, security, private storage.

2010-01-13 Thread sdphil
hey mark - when you say "copy protect" on Android Market causes more problems than it solves, can you describe what you mean? On Jan 12, 2:08 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > sdphil wrote: > > I want to hide some info (encryption keys) in a private area. > > The best answer: the private area is the user'

[android-developers] Re: rooted phones, security, private storage.

2010-01-12 Thread sdphil
hm... let me phrase this in a different way (I never meant to imply that someone somewhere has 'solved the problem of security' that is un- breakable). how can I maximize the security of some content (encryption keys) using existing models in the Android OS with minimum user annoyance (i.e. I've