[dundee] Security shocker: Android apps send private data in clear

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:23:21 +0000, Robert Ladyman wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/24/android_phone_privacy_shocker/
> 
> As an aside, what user does Android run as? Just interested as I've
> noticed a number of what I think of as "little" devices often run as
> (wait for it....) root.

Some processes run as root, obviously all the kernel threads do. Some
bits run as specific users. Each app runs as its own user and
_generally_ can't access other apps data.

Andrew