On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Latimerius <[email protected]> wrote: > I take it from your reply all security pertains pretty much internal > storage only.
External storage classically was on vfat (e.g., SD card), where Linux permissions really don't work too well. Internal storage is where the full power of the Linux permission model can be applied (YAFFS2 and, now, ext4). And, courtesy of the storage shifts in Android 3.0, the storage space discrepancy between internal and external storage should fall away for most newer devices, so you can put more stuff on internal storage. > Makes me > wonder what the benefit of leaving resources and assets world-readable > might be... Resources are world-readable to allow things like the home screen to work (tough to render launcher icons if you cannot access the drawables and captions). That being said, when I made the discovery you did, I too was surprised. I have now made it through the "seven stages of WTF?" and am now on "acceptance". :-) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in DC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
