As soon as you request a refund then the license server will return NOT_LICENSED for that Google account.
On 3 August 2010 12:37, andreas.walt...@googlemail.com < andreas.walt...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Jul 31, 11:21 pm, keyeslabs <keyes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ... someone to crack the > > app. The process looks something like this: decompile the apk using > > a freely available open source tool, find the code that invokes the > > licensing check, skip it, recompile and repackage the apk. > > Isn't there is a much simpler way to circumvent the whole thing due to > a security leak in the LVL process? (Please tell me I'm wrong!): > > 1) create a new google account, e. g. my.wa...@googlemail.com > 2) switch your Android phone to this account > 3) Buy app, copy apk, request refund > 4) Upload apk to warez server > 5) Sell google account and password to interested downloaders. (e. g. > at a 50% discount compared to the original market price). > > The reason for this is that the license check is google-account-based, > not device-based. Any device being linked to the google account the > app has been purchased with will run the app. The licensing mechansim > will change nothing in this behaviour. > > Andreas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
