Bug report filed: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1127

Shane

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Randy S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> That makes me wonder if an evil app could stomp a legit app by using the
>> same package name and a different certificate...
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> If so, we have to start verifying sigs match bundleIds at SlideME and a
> whole host of other crap and it would make all OTA apps suspect, anywhere.
> Since it's all open anyway, we might as well test some other apps and see if
> we can knock them out or is this just something really weird about SAM-like
> app upgrades.
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>> and I wonder (doubt) if the official Market screening process looks out
>> for that kind of issue related to appropriate namespacing for package names.
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> Even worse. Everyone is screwed.
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>> Thanks for the quick responses and digging as far as you can. Will you
>> pursue this with a bug submission?
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> Yep, today. I'll need to try out other apps first and see if it's general
> or just SAM related.
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> Thanks,
> Shane
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