Comments on: No Permissions Android app shows three giant security loopholes http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: reverend_house http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202230 reverend_house Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202230 Nonsense. It’s not new that the contents of the SD card are visible to all apps; that’s the whole point.

]]> By: cynyr http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202170 cynyr Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:17:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202170 Step 1: start amature porn site in country with few regulations
Step 2: write evil app
Step 2.1: load all pictures you can find.
Step 2.2: upload all of them to your server
Step 3: sell access to all the nude photos you find.

Thats how. Apps shpuld not be allowed out of the sandbox unless I let them, and then only as far as I let them.

]]> By: tastygroove http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202151 tastygroove Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202151 Ios apps are sandboxed. One app can’t read the save files of another without using explicit apis. (Open in, audio copy, MIDI sync, print with, etc..)

]]> By: Milind http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202101 Milind Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202101 How is reading files a security issue? Which OS does not allow that?

]]> By: Milind http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202102 Milind Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202102 How is reading files a security issue? Which OS does not allow that?

]]> By: Johan Appelgren http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202095 Johan Appelgren Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202095 Why not use PackageManager instead to retrieve the list of installed apps and more? A lot easier to use and part of the Android SDK, no permissions required.

]]> By: Johan Appelgren http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202096 Johan Appelgren Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202096 Why not use PackageManager instead to retrieve the list of installed apps and more? A lot easier to use and part of the Android SDK, no permissions required.

]]> By: JustaTester http://www.slashgear.com/no-permissions-android-app-shows-three-giant-security-loopholes-12222682/#comment-202052 JustaTester Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222682#comment-202052 Even if Google addresses the underlying issues, there’s still the persistent issue of OEM’s and carriers not pushing or allowing updates to roll out to affected devices. And that’s not even considering that OEM’s are still releasing devices with Gingerbread.

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