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There has been some concern about smartphone apps in recent weeks after a malware app worked its way into the Android store that sent premium-rate text messages to make money for criminals.
In response to developers? complaints of unauthorized usage of their wares, Google has set up a licensing service, by which ? via a set of libraries ? an application can hit Google?s server, which stores sales records. Every time an app with this protection is launched, it checks with Google to be sure the copy is legit.
Now, it's being reported that the new licensing scheme for Android apps has been cracked less than a month after coming on-line!!!
The findings show that most of the apps can be easily patched and stripped of licensing protection, making them an easy target for off-Market, pirated distribution.
Such a short life for a well established license validation system???
To know more: Check this out...
In response to developers? complaints of unauthorized usage of their wares, Google has set up a licensing service, by which ? via a set of libraries ? an application can hit Google?s server, which stores sales records. Every time an app with this protection is launched, it checks with Google to be sure the copy is legit.
Now, it's being reported that the new licensing scheme for Android apps has been cracked less than a month after coming on-line!!!
The findings show that most of the apps can be easily patched and stripped of licensing protection, making them an easy target for off-Market, pirated distribution.
Such a short life for a well established license validation system???
To know more: Check this out...