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If I develop an app, I can push it directly from the Android SDK to my phone. My phone doesn't need to be jail broken, rooted, etc. All I need to do is enable d
by hellojesus 5y ago
If I develop an app, I can push it directly from the Android SDK to my phone. My phone doesn't need to be jail broken, rooted, etc. All I need to do is enable debugging or developer mode (can't remember which; it's been awhile).
If someone were to distribute their code, what would stop someone from compiling and loading it through the Android SDK (or Xcode) all-the-same? No firmware version would be able to catch it because the firmware itself didn't change.
- dane-pgp 5y agoIn the dystopian future I'm imagining, presumably Android would require jailbreaking/rooting to enable debugging/developer mode, or in some other way make your use of these features visible to the government app which authenticates you to the mobile network. To develop an app which requires online services, there would be a few approved methods, such as testing in a simulator on a non-mobile device, or with mocked internet connectivity. Other restrictions may apply too, such as having to register your developer ID with the government, being limited to a small number of test devices, and/or being stuck on a dedicated untrusted segment of the internet.
- hellojesus 5y agoThat is a terrifying future, and one that I hope doesn't materialize. It's hard for me to imagine people being okay with that, especially coming from an open world, but obviously not impossible. If it comes to it, though, I would gladly take up arms against the state in declaration of liberty.