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Rock player plays avi and more

Is this Chinese software?
I'm heavy into IT security and on PC's thats a serious no-no

Whats the reputation from this developer? Not in the mood to run code outside of the market especially from China.
 
trife said:
Is this Chinese software?
I'm heavy into IT security and on PC's thats a serious no-no

Whats the reputation from this developer? Not in the mood to run code outside of the market especially from China.
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If it's not from the market don't install it.
 
RoboMonkey said:
If it's not from the market don't install it.
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haven't
people sure are trusting. especially if you do banking or credit card stuff on your phone this chit is crazy

these phones are PC's. they can monitor mails, txts, calls, login information. And you want to run it from china who's already on record for hacking google and government institutions?
 
trife said:
haven't
people sure are trusting. especially if you do banking or credit card stuff on your phone this chit is crazy

these phones are PC's. they can monitor mails, txts, calls, login information. And you want to run it from china who's already on record for hacking google and government institutions?
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US government and private hackers have done much worse, yet US developers don't get stuck with the same rep, do they?

That said, your security points are not moot ... I wonder if some kind of android security clearinghouse could exist. How well does the marketplace itself check what apps do with the data they pull? Sure it tells you but what does it really mean for the average user?
 
dr g said:
US government and private hackers have done much worse, yet US developers don't get stuck with the same rep, do they?

That said, your security points are not moot ... I wonder if some kind of android security clearinghouse could exist. How well does the marketplace itself check what apps do with the data they pull? Sure it tells you but what does it really mean for the average user?
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this is why I only have like 10 apps downloaded. Lots of interesting stuff that has nothing to do with phone calls asks for that permission.

I think they need to be more specific and jailed
for instance if it needs system settings.. which system setting? will that information be sent over the network? or does the app use that information for internal processing. All this would probably be way too complicated to do and shy off developers with much extra work.

my first smart phone and i know nothing of android security so until i read alot im sticking with the top 10 apps kinda stuff.
 
skpd said:
downloaded the on the MU mirror and tried to install with AppInstaller. Tried twice with the same result "application not installed"...??

I have another version of this player and it warns my that it will replace that one but then I get the error.

what next?
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im getting the same error.
 
gigadigit said:
So what's the verdict. Is this app safe to install?
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There's been some issues with it not working right for some people but it's safe. No one has reported anything to differ from that. I've had it for two weeks now and it works great for me!
 
If you can access and inspect the code base, it is usually safe, because many people will look at the code to check against malicious codes. But still there is always a risk.

Beyond swype, there are many worthwhile project out there that is not on the market currently, such as the audible.com audio book player.
http://groups.google.com/group/audible-for-android-beta?hl=en

Still the idea of the Android platform/app market is openness, unlike Apple approach of wall garden. With that much openness come also with mandatory responsibility, so android user beware :p
 
dr g said:
US government and private hackers have done much worse, yet US developers don't get stuck with the same rep, do they?

That said, your security points are not moot ... I wonder if some kind of android security clearinghouse could exist. How well does the marketplace itself check what apps do with the data they pull? Sure it tells you but what does it really mean for the average user?
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Do you, or anyone else have any examples of someone using bad software to take over a phone? Security is good but there is no problem until there is a problem.
 
I would love to know who made/makes this program and if they have a website. I would gladly help chip in a little to support the efforts of the rock player if I knew where it came from.
 
MrPassion said:
Do you, or anyone else have any examples of someone using bad software to take over a phone? Security is good but there is no problem until there is a problem.
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"Taking over a phone" would be low on the priority list. In fact just the opposite, you'd want the person to use the phone just like they always do, so as to be able to harvest data without being noticed.
 
Ok finally got it to work. Had to unistall the previous Demoplayer I had before Rock could install. It seems smooth. Plays my avi and MP4 vids fine. Plus it continues where I left off which is the main problem I had with the stock player
 
I love this app! Definitely going to buy this when it officially gets released. Finally an app that does divx flawlessly
 
I believe HDMI support is on a per-application basis. So the devs have to enable it in the app. Go to their forums and suggest the feature.
 
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