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[Martin Albisetti <argentina@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Martin
On Jun 18, 2013 6:25 PM, "Marc Deslauriers" <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> 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.

Perfect, thank you.
+1 then :-)


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