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On the first page it's mentioned the fact that the app can download other APKs in the background. This very thing is disallowed. IIRC that's how Facebook got

• wakkalakka 13y ago
  And here was have a prime example of why, despite all the opinion to the contrary[1], there is a clear need for a more stringent review process for Android apps. This is exactly the kind of thing which could have been caught by some kind of run-time analysis, either by hand or through some automated process that's part of the "approval" needed to be on the Play Store. Given Google's technical chops, I doubt they would have a hard time checking for this automatically at submission time, so they wouldn't have to hire a staff of human reviewers like Apple does. It might slow down the process of posting things to the store just slightly, but in the end it would benefit users. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6329490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6329490
  • rorrr2 13y ago
    No, there should be a more stringent review of the permissions apps request. The dangerous ones should be marked in red and you should approve each one individually.
  • BitMastro 13y ago
    There is an automated process, even though it's very very far from perfect, called Google Bouncer http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2012/02/android-and-security.html http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2012/02/android-and-securit... but I doubt this kind of case could be automated.