This is probably where third party 'app stores' come in. EG, Amazon's app store or someone else's who manually picks what apps go in may become the 'trusted' s

This is probably where third party 'app stores' come in. EG, Amazon's app store or someone else's who manually picks what apps go in may become the 'trusted' source for apps. It is pretty difficult given Android's structure to have any chance of keeping the automated shipping of apps while also retaining security. Yes, you can keep adding more warnings about what apps do, but in general I don't think people read them, and you can ask for an awful lot of privileges. The great thing about Android is just how much power you have to do stuff as an app maker, but that is of course one of the main problems as well.