Hi Dario, Thank you for your reply! I must say, I feel a little silly as I Googled LVL in the Android context and up it came on the Android Dev page. Thank you for being patient and composing this reply - I should probably Google first and bug newsgroups colleagues second :)
I am thankful to get a link to your blog. I'll be subscribing via RSS. Take care, Scott On 11-02-22 4:53 PM, "dario" <[email protected]> wrote: >Scott, LVL is the License Verification Library and it's intent is to >replace the previous copy protection mechanism (now deprecated). It >doesn't endanger your apps but may provide a false sense of security. > >I blogged about securing your android app here: http://androiddevnotes.com > >As Mark Murphy mentioned, the idea is to minimize automated piracy >(the one click tools that pirates use) but my conclusion is that LVL >fails even in that regard without substantial additional effort. > >I also imply that in-app billing may also suffer from a similar >weakness. I believe LVL should be re-architected for it to be >effective but it's currently better than using no protection. As a >minimum you should also obfuscate with ProGuard since it's now >straightforward to do so with latest SDK and tools. > >It's a matter of determining the additional cost of anti-privacy >measures on a per app basis > >-Dario > >On Feb 21, 3:57 pm, Scott Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >> Missed the previous message...can someone give me a brief on what LVL is >> and how this endangers my apps ? >> >> Thanks >> >> - Scott >> >> On 11-02-21 3:48 PM, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> >>wrote: >> >> It's not really worth worrying about the ones that are pirated in the >> >> "dark" corners of the Internet, because that will happen no matter >>what, >> >> if your app becomes interesting enough. >> >> >Agreed. IMHO, LVL is designed to help minimize automated piracy. >> >Anyone with the itch to scratch can probably get past it, but that >> >implies the itch. >> >> >-- >> >Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> >http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguy >> >http://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> >Android Training in London:http://bit.ly/smand1andhttp://bit.ly/smand2 >> >> >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>Groups >> >"Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
