On 13-06-12 12:00 PM, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Hello everybody, > > an interesting question came up earlier: how are we going to deal with > malicious apps on a device once they're discovered? In the app store > they can simply be removed, but it might be worth doing something like > at least shipping an empty package to replace the content on the device. > > Thoughts? >
In the archive, we've shipped enpty packages before to forcibly remove stuff that we can no longer maintain, but this is less than ideal. Ideally, the app store package directory would allow us to flag an application for removal, along with a status code or a text to be displayed when the user attempts to run an app that's been removed. Perhaps we could even have two levels, one that completely removes the app, including the launcher, and a second level that leaves the launcher, but clicking on it displays a dialog box to the user explaining why the app is no longer available. Marc. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
