IMHO Such a strict gatekeeper has to be very carefully implemented and
should probably be lower in the stack and not at the application layer.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:36 PM, David Toledo <dtole...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The idea is an application that is started at boot to prevent others from
> entering if they do not know the protect key.
>
>
> 2009/12/9 Jeffrey Blattman <jeffrey.blatt...@gmail.com>
>
>  if i ever mistakenly installed an app that disabled the home key, i'd
>> promptly reboot my phone,  uninstall, and report it as malware.
>>
>>
>> On 12/9/09 11:31 AM, David Toledo wrote:
>>
>> But I do see some screensavers disable it. how can they do that?
>>
>> 2009/12/9 Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>
>>
>>> Occasionally people find hacks to kind-of do this, and when they do we
>>> fix the platform to prevent it.  Don't do this.  The home key is the -only-
>>> mechanism a user has to return to a known, trusted state.  It is critical
>>> for security that it do this, and apps can not prevent it.
>>>
>>>  On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM, David Toledo <dtole...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  exist some other alternative?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> exist some method or function that capture when the press home key ???
>>>>
>>>> 2009/12/9 Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>
>>>>
>>>>  >     I want to block the functionality switch between Applications in
>>>>> > my Activity. Is it possible ?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Fortunately, no. The user can always press HOME.
>>>>>
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