> Knowing Android engineers will purposely write code to > break any discovered workarounds for the restrictions isn't enhancing > security either.
"Knowing Android engineers will purposely fix bugs that shouldn't have been there in the first place enhances security." Fixed that for you. :) - Dan On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jason Proctor > <[email protected]> wrote: > > the issue isn't so much whether you can make changes, as whether > > anyone will take them. > > Or purposely writing code to break them as with the promises Diane > made on this topic. > > > apart from a few proprietary closed apps like Maps, you can change > > any part of Android you like, and run your own personal version on > > your phone. you can even create your own Android distro, like > > JesusFreke (et al) did, and put it out there to compete with others. > > your changes might not be adopted into any of the official distros, > > for very good reasons (security, in this particular case) but hey, on > > The current lock app doesn't recognize input from the home button, so > using that as a reason to not allow any other lock apps is hypocrisy. > > Making it impossible to replace the screen lock app doesn't enhance > security. Knowing Android engineers will purposely write code to > break any discovered workarounds for the restrictions isn't enhancing > security either. > > > sounds fairly damn open IMHO. > > Fairly open != open. > > > (your sound card driver might not make it into a major Linux distro > > if it had issues. just checking something into a random Linux repo > > somewhere does not guarantee acceptance.) > > Apples and oranges. > > > -- > Greg Donald > http://destiney.com/ > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > 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 [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
