Hi Xavier, I have also posted a recent question here, about if there is a way to detect a market install VS an "ADB push APK", to my understanding , on a rooted phone, pushing with the forward lock option is simulating the same process as buying an application set with copy protection. I hope we can find a way to detect from the 2 different install procedure, if not this will be a serious flaw in the security android market as ADB and USB drivers are publicly available.
On Feb 27, 12:56 pm, Xavier <[email protected]> wrote: > I published my first (and apparently last) Android application > Wednesday 10pm. By now Google Checkout reports 203 orders (29 of those > refunded). > > My app also includes the Furry analytic library. So far it reports 377 > new users. A discrepancy of almost a 50% of users which only led me > to believe its piracy related. Is it really so easy to pirate Android > applications sold through the Android Market even though they have a > "copy protection" feature? > > This is unbelievable. My app is also available for the iPhone since > November, have sold almost 40.000 copies with a piracy % of less that > 5%. > > What the hell Google? If this continues I'd have no choice but remove > the app from the Android Market since the app heavily relies on a > server back-end which costs me bandwidth and resources. > > Why on earth can't you implement a simple callback when the purchase > is done with the device UID so we can check for this when the app > runs? This would solve everything. Pirates would have to crack the app > itself to disable this protection but its infinitely harder than just > copy the apk file and upload it to rapidshare. > > I hope I can get an answer from a Google engineer. > > Regards, > > Xavier -- 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
