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> Uh, Android does have sandboxing and isolation, and apps can only access your data if you specifically allow them to. Wrong; The filesystem is FAT32, and has
by ori_b 15y ago
> Uh, Android does have sandboxing and isolation, and apps can only access your data if you specifically allow them to.
Wrong; The filesystem is FAT32, and has no additional permissions beyond a "read only" bit. Any data that's there can be accessed by apps, as things stand.
- icebraining 15y agoNo. Android uses Ext4 since Gingerbread, and before it used YAFFS: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/12/ext4-filesystem-hits-android-no-need-to-fear-data-loss.ars http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/12/ext4-filesys...
- ori_b 15y agoFor internal storage. On SD cards or internal "external" storage, it's world-readable: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesExternal http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.... Relevant text: "Every Android-compatible device supports a shared "external storage" that you can use to save files. This can be a removable storage media (such as an SD card) or an internal (non-removable) storage. Files saved to the external storage are world-readable and can be modified by the user when they enable USB mass storage to transfer files on a computer." I forgot to specify that in my original post. My mistake.