Android Market Hacked (Kinda Sorta)

[justjimjpc]

Well, my points being, you can always back up your apps if you have root (one of many perks.)

And, you can always re-download your purchased apps I'm assuming by using the same google account.

And my point is that the masses of est. (1.5 million) phone-sets dont have root ... and also if you loose the phone or it is stolen ... google is not maintaining your paid apps in the "cloud" somewhere ...(at least from what I have been able to determine) ...

I dont have a second G1 to test this on ... but if you have the same phone and the same gmail account ... I agree the restore of apps should be ok ?? we hope ... I have also not deleted my 184 apps and given that a try either ..

 

[devolio]

I don't mind blowing away all 4 of my apps to test it out. I'll give it a whirl later to see if apps with copy protection and without can be redownloaded by using the same account, but I'm nearly 100% sure of it.

 

[mikebur]

If you backup the app to sd card and than install it again ,can google check if the user is still using the app through network connection?

 

[justjimjpc]

If you backup the app to sd card and than install it again ,can google check if the user is still using the app through network connection?

I have heard that google can remotely remove and app from phones that they want to ... so the answer is probably yes ??? who knows about all their "backdoors" ???

 

[mikebur]

I have heard that google can remotely remove and app from phones that they want to ... so the answer is probably yes ??? who knows about all their "backdoors" ???

If so they can prevent the problem mentioned before.
They know if you don't like the software because you return it before 24 hours.
So they can make a DB (they probably have)that registers your paid apps downloads.
They can scan the network and (as you mentioned) and see if you installed it again (a kind of thread on the device that notify google's server).
I'm sure they will solve it later.

 

[justjimjpc]

If so they can prevent the problem mentioned before.
They know if you don't like the software because you return it before 24 hours.
So they can make a DB (they probably have)that registers your paid apps downloads.
They can scan the network and (as you mentioned) and see if you installed it again (a kind of thread on the device that notify google's server).
I'm sure they will solve it later.

Which problem are you referring to ? They deal with Paid apps is they are maintained in a seperate directory from other apps and are surely marked differently in google's app DB ...

 

[dave11980]

First post here, I got my G1 about 4 days ago and am loving it. Found this on re-downloading paid apps. Your paid apps are linked to your google account so you can download them on different devices as well.



http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=113410&topic=15872


You can install a purchased application an unlimited amount of times on any device. So, for example, if you remove 'My Favorite Game' to save memory, you can reinstall it at a later date with no charge by simply visiting My Downloads. Note: free applications are not saved to My Downloads after you remove them. If you change devices, you can install previous purchases by making sure you sign into your device with the same Google Account on your previous phone.

 

[Ageless Stranger]

If you change devices, you can install previous purchases by making sure you sign into your device with the same Google Account on your previous phone.

I really hope that this is not the case, or piracy would be rife. I have two google accounts, and can easilly swap between them on my G1 without doing a factory reset. If I paid for an app on one account and let a friend have access to that account, they would be able to "re-d Iownload" that app using my account for free. I am sure google would have thought of this.

 

[John michlee]

Most of users these days are using Ac market pps to hack the whole system, i would recommend everyone to not use any third party apps except playstore. thanks

 

[Hadron]

The "Android Market" app people were talking about here was the original name for what is now called the "Google Play Store", so it was not itself a security risk. However, it was replaced by Google Play in 2011 or 2012, and has been completely discontinued for several years (so even if you have an ancient device that still has it it will no longer work).

The confusion might be that the last post in this thread was 9.5 years ago .