http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html

-Earlence

On Jun 29, 4:59 am, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Earlence <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Google states that apps downloaded from play will be encrypted on the
> > device.
> > I have a few questions:
>
> > 1. From the documentation, it seems that the APK will be stored in
> > encrypted form in the /data/ partition. If so, does this mean that on
> > every execution, a decryption takes place? If so, the key has to be
> > retrieved onto the device, probably from the users gmail account.
>
> > 2. If I change my device, will my apps go away? The docs say device
> > specific key. Maybe this is an incorrect term? The key should be
> > associated with a key derived from the gmail account?
>
> > 3. If the app is encrypted before download to the device, this means 2
> > things: a. the key is associated with the gmail account or b. google
> > play talks to the device and the key is really stored on the device
> > somewhere.
>
> My Google-fu is off today - I'm not getting any relevant hits from
> Google or Android's 
> sites.https://encrypted.google.com/#q=google+play+apk+encryption+site:andro...
>
> Could you post a link?
>
> Jeff

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