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Improved Security Or Less Freedom? APK Updates

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Improved Security Or Less Freedom? APK Updates Earlier this week a small change rolled out to the Google Play Store.  It’s one that you likely won’t even notice, but for those who have it’s tough to decide whether the shift is good or bad.  What change?  Just a small string of metadata for apps. Google is adding a security string …

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Reverse Engineering Apps. A Primer

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Reverse Engineering Apps.  A Primer Reverse engineering is a pretty cool concept.  Someone builds something, you want to see how they did it, so you take it apart and see how it was put together in the first place.   It can be a great way to learn, and it pushes technological progress forward.  But there’s also a dangerous side to …

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