Programs or users? Yes users will generally be able to root their phone, and I wouldn't assume they can't. If you want to protected your data from the phone's user, you are in for a world of hurt. If you just want to protect it from other apps, filesystem permissions for the vast majority of people should be fine -- they give you the same amount of protection as two different non-super-users logging into a Linux machine would have from each other. (Which should be complete protection, and anything that allows them to get around that is a major hole that needs to be fixed.)
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 2, 9:50 pm, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > so is that directory protected from other apps > > > > Yes. By default, all files there will be private to your application. > > Assuming that there are no unanticipated programs running as root... > which historically is not a good assumption at all. > > If it's on the device, someone who really wants to is going to be able > to read it. > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
