Well, hopefully the phone is protected with a password - then Safe Mode is also protected with the same password :)
There is always a use case, it depends on the type of your adversary. If the intended adversary is a typical 3 year old child this type of solution is entirely acceptable. On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 14:28:45 UTC-5, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > Still, you could defeat these apps by simply restarting the phone in "safe > mode" and uninstalling the app, making this type of app essentially useless > unless you included it in firmware. > > kris > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Michael <l...@fixmo.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> It used to be possible if an application can view logs of the >> ActivityManager. >> >> Starting from JB, viewing other app's logs is a SystemOrSignature >> permission. Therefore unless your application gets installed on the device >> prior to the update, the application can only view its own logs. >> >> On Stock device - no viewing logs. However, there are workarounds that >> you can perform such as one that constantly checks with the Framework to >> see which app is on top. I'm not to say whether these workaround is good >> or not because it entirely depends on what you are trying to achieve. All >> I can say is that these are fully documented methods - use your discretion. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 13:34:00 UTC-5, Kristopher Micinski wrote: >> >>> This will not be possible on stock hardware, because you basically can't >>> "intercept" other intents with a standard app. Proxying intents is >>> possible if you modify the system, but the ability to do this on stock >>> firmware would be a security hole in itself. >>> >>> The place you would want to look --- should you want to modify the >>> system to support this --- is the Android package manager that handles the >>> mediation of intents through the system. >>> >>> Kris >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Igor Cavallera <joaoba...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hey guys, >>>> >>>> Is it possible to create an App that would monitor which Apps are >>>> launched so that it would prompt the user for a password before launching >>>> a >>>> possibly sensitive App (say Gmail)? But would not ask the user for his >>>> password for an App like the Weather App? I was thinking about >>>> intercepting >>>> onStart and onResume intents in order to do this, but I am not sure if >>>> this >>>> is possible. >>>> By the way, I am a high student trying to learn android development and >>>> I was thinking of developing a simple App that did this (as a learning >>>> experience). >>>> >>>> Thank You very much for the help. >>>> >>>> Igor >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >>>> msg/android-security-discuss/-**/SJ1OWS-15wMJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/SJ1OWS-15wMJ> >>>> . >>>> To post to this group, send email to android-secu...@** >>>> googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+ >>>> **unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/android-security-**discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Security Discussions" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/I5l3rNF9uqUJ. >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> android-secu...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-security-discuss/-/dKwQ33O7w3IJ. To post to this group, send email to android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
