On Apr 19, 10:09 am, Jackkk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I was wondering about some real world issues about commercial
> applications:
>
> - Will there be a possibility for encrypted APKs as some of the
> information included with the app (files, media, images, databases)
> can be copyrighted with the need to protect it from illegal copy.
> - Could there be an Android based solution for evaluation purposes and
> time limitations?
> - How can we protect our software from being just copied from one
> phone to another? The trick would be to add some checksum files
> created from serial no and phone info, but what are the proper
> mechanisms for that? What is the unique and reliable info from the OS
> or phone that could be used and could not be cracked very easily?
> - How to protect data in SQLite? For example, the software needs a
> load of data that will be stored in database after initial launch. But
> the data could be also suitable for other illegal purposes - sharing
> on Internet, creating your own apps etc. But it is once again
> intellectual property of someone.
> - Another issue is the actual protection of user data itself.
> Currently the emulator is as open as it can be! If the phone is stolen
> for example, some data could be really sensitive that can be stored in
> the Phone SQLite database? Will there be any solutions how to restrict
> access to the console level in the future that the user himself can
> set and manage?
You could encrypt the data itself bego
You could encrypt the information itself before storing it to the DB.
Or implement your own custom ContentProvider using a different data
store. Regards, Werner
> Possible solutions that I have come to are:
> - hardcoding the copyrighted data into code
> - using obfuscators to protect the code from some reverse engineering
> attempts
> - authenticating the app over Internet on the first use and creating
> some MD5 checkfiles
>
> I find those questions important! If you have similar doubts or you
> could extend the list of those issues, we could try to improve those
> questions together through a wider dialogue!
>
> Regards
>
> Jack
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