Re: [android-developers] Re: Stealing an apk wirelessly

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:16 AM, lbendlin <lutz@bendlin.us> wrote:
>
> It will be much easier to steal stuff WHILE the phone is downloading an app,
> say from the market. Packet sniffing etc. So if you are buying an app from
> the market while sitting at Starbucks, definitely watch out for parrots.
>

You beat me to it :) I haven't actually checked, but word is that newer version
of Market are using SSL, so that is probably OK for most phones. Still, it is
generally a bad idea to use an unprotected (open) public WiFi network. Gmail,
etc. are using SSL, but most app are not. And there is indeed a handy
Firesheep-like
for Android, so it's quite possible to sniff stuff (seems people are
mostly after
Facebook) with an Android phone.

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