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[ NNSquad ] Some reality about the much hyped "Android Master Key" bug
Some reality about the much hyped "Android Master Key" bug http://j.mp/12iZ8Ec (Android Central) This is a particularly good article talking some reality about the now much hyped Android Master Key bug (actually, an APK signing security bug). In short, this is a genuine problem, but if you download your apps from Google Play, and if you're going to use other sources (e.g. via sideloading) use care to stick with known publishers you trust, you'll likely be just fine. On the other hand, if you routinely load the cracked versions of non-free apps, you're asking for trouble -- with or without this bug. A reminder that app security is an evolving system, and users still have responsibility to use common sense in what they install. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad