Google Shows Developers How to Implement Licensing System Securely
Much noise was made over Google’s new licensing system for applications in the Android market that would hope to prevent piracy. Even more noise was made over the fact that it was easily hackable. Later on, Google updated the skeptics and the FUD mongerers on the issue saying that – in its default state – the licensing system was fairly insecure and that it was meant to be heavily customized on an app-by-app basis. At that time, they also promised to demonstrate how one can customize the code to make it very difficult (though still not impossible) for hackers to bypass the system.
As usual, Google delivered wonderfully as their Trevor Johns has chimed in on the Android developers blog to show application developers how to do just that. I won’t attempt to summarize his explanation for obvious reasons, but if you want to take a look for yourself be sure to click on over for the lengthy (and educating) read.