Google adds ‘phone home’ DRM to Android Market
News Google adds ‘phone home’ DRM to Android Market
Google has added a licensing server to the Android Marketplace which will allow an app to verify whether the user has purchased it or not before opening.
In order to use the new service an app must be sold through Google’s Android Market store and be on a device running Android 1.5 or later which also has the Market app installed. Free apps can’t make use of the service.
Communication with the licensing server will be done exclusively by the Market app itself using RSA public-key encryption.








