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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13-06-18 05:19 PM, Martin Albisetti wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Well, Marc's point isn't to make it difficult-- we should allow for it
>> and it should be easy for a developer to opt into; it's just that we we
>> can't control if OEMs disable it or if movie providers will require us
>> to disable DRM when in insecure mode.
> 
> Right. For a developer, that's fine. How about for a user that wants
> to side-load apps?  I don't think having them side-load developer keys
> is a reasonable proposition.
> 
> What would this be like for a user, who wants to install a click
> package they downloaded from a website?
> 

If the carrier hasn't blocked it, I suspect it would be similar to
Android...user goes into some settings application, and checks the box
allowing to install unsigned applications. Users gets appropriate
warning about malware, and DRM being possibly disabled. User can then
click on a package and it will install.

Marc.