Android anti-piracy framework cracked
Android's recently released anti-piracy framework has been cracked, allowing hackers to potentially use it to pirate applications from the Android Market, and Google is blaming developers for using it incorrectly.
The License Verification Library (LVL) was launched by Google towards the end of July aimed at protecting developers against unauthorised use of their applications. But less than a month later a gaping hole has been found that screams for a skull and crossbones flag to be planted in.
Android application developer Justin Case - birth name? - demonstrated how to break the library in a guide on Android Police, which also featured a video demonstration which we have included below. Case was keen to point out that his guide was “not written to teach people how to pirate”, that he is “very much against piracy”, and that he wants you to “support your developers, and pay for your apps.” Considering he is an app developer, that's not too surprising.
