It's an impediment and a deterrent, which is all the root protection is intended to be -- but it would be more effective and harder to circumvent than rooting a phone.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jon Colverson <jjc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 2, 6:27 am, Luke Hutchison <luke.hu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does Google have any plans to support security based on phone number, > > Android ID, gmail address or similar? (Do developers get a list of these > > details for all paid-up users, for example? -- I think not, currently?) > If > > that sort of security system is intentionally not planned, is there a > reason > > for it? Every protection system can be circumvented (hence the > > near-uselessness of DRM) but if any protection at all is to be put in > place, > > I'd feel more comfortable with not tying it to root for my own apps. > > Would a more elaborate DRM system really make a practical difference > to you? In the context of the Asian retail piracy that you mentioned, > any DRM system would seem completely irrelevant to me. > > -- > Jon > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
