Disclaimer: I have not downloaded the Android NDK but have fairly good insight in operating system security. There was a lengthy discussion on LinkedIn's Android Group about the virtues of the NDK, were I claimed it is crippled compared to native-mode code in Symbian.
Is it correct that there is no third-party validation for NDK extensions? If so, it should mean that the NDK code must run under the same constraints as the invoking (java) application. In Symbian an application can (for example) have OS-wide file access because: - it was scrutinized by a trusted third part - it is signed by a specific Symbian authority certificate Comments? Anders
