Nice discussion you have there... For the last few days I was thinking about how to implement protection technics for Android apps.
One way is to go with alternative markets (like slideme) which provide online activation (slidelock in case of slideme). But more challenging (and interesting!) is to integrate protection with android's own market. I can think of three schemes: (1) Be able to supply an unique token to the user when he buys an app, and have him enter that token later in the app to activate it. (2) Somehow know which (by some id) phone is buying, and generate an app that will run only on that particular phone. (3) Generate an unique apk for each purchase and then let user through activation process which will tie an unique app id to the unique phone id. All this methods assume that app is protected (the interesting part) and can't be easily cracked. Now, as I understand options (2) and (3) is not available. We don't know anything about buying phone nor can we generate an apks. What about (1)? [I'm asking because I know nothing about commercial aspect of the market.] Or maybe there are other options? Let's discuss! Dmitry On 16 ноя, 17:12, AlexK <[email protected]> wrote: > Our company starts today anti-piracy initiative against piracy that > already happened onAndroidMarket. We request all vendors and > developers to support this initiative. > > Piracy become a threat for vendors that publishing application > onAndroidMarket! It is not a joke, it is a real threat. > > Our last application publishing shows how bad is situation on > theAndroidMarket. Only 20% of all installs are legal, other 80% are in > piracy hands. > > Google does not provide any actions to stop piracy, so we as a vendor > that provide software forAndroidMarket, have to think about > protection measures. Piracy is threat that cannot be target easily and > eliminated in one day. Only join of all vendors can help in anti- > piracy. > > ArtfulBits company decide to start from today "AndroidAnti-piracy > Movement" with main goal: "protect vendors and punish piracy". > > Our next steps are: > - Petition to Google with request to provide better anti-piracy > protocols forAndroidMarket; > - Collective anti-Google charge, from side of vendors that loose money > due to Google "security holes" inAndroidMarketapplication > distribution channel; > - Public web service "Black List", that helps all developer to check > is there application installed on pirate phone; > - Joining of the software vendors over that problem for finding better > anti-piracy strategies; > - Identification of the roots of piracy, that make > possibleAndroidMarketsoftware leaking and contribution them to justice. > > A little later today we will open "black-list" database of devices, > where was installed stolen version of applications. In addition, we > will provide "easy code" for all developers that can be integrated > into own application and during first start, check is phone in "black > list" or not. > > Opened Anti-Piracy forum thread:http://www.artfulbits.com/Support > Petition can be signed > here:http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/androidpiracy > > Stay tuned! Thanks. -- 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
