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| author | Dirk Dougherty <ddougherty@google.com> | 2010-06-03 13:04:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Android Git Automerger <android-git-automerger@android.com> | 2010-06-03 13:04:01 -0700 |
| commit | 7c0761052e0e1ae0ab89fc30247a0f88b8b52124 (patch) | |
| tree | 4beb97cb9bf8da6c96823661518751f47992b86a /docs | |
| parent | 512596d4254cb15ad329e3b78f3c867bd65208ca (diff) | |
| parent | b7371455e8da5f65ba4d1fb697fbe69b13be2d65 (diff) | |
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am b7371455: am c458d0e3: am b85a1679: am 85a1c578: Merge "Doc change: Adjust security sandbox description." into froyo
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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd b/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd index da201c4..dbc9866 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd @@ -40,15 +40,14 @@ includes reading or writing the user's private data (such as contacts or e-mails), reading or writing another application's files, performing network access, keeping the device awake, etc.<p> -<p>An application's process is a secure sandbox. It can't disrupt other -applications, except by explicitly declaring the <em>permissions</em> it needs -for additional capabilities not provided by the basic sandbox. These -permissions it requests can be handled by the operating in various ways, -typically by automatically allowing or disallowing based on certificates or -by prompting the user. The permissions required by an application are declared -statically in that application, so they can be known up-front at install time -and will not change after that.</p> - +<p>An application's process runs in a security sandbox. The sandbox is designed +to prevent applications from disrupting each other, except by explicitly +declaring the <em>permissions</em> they need for additional capabilities not +provided by the basic sandbox. The system handles requests for permissions +in various ways, typically by automatically allowing or disallowing based on +certificates or by prompting the user. The permissions required by an +application are declared statically in that application, so they can be known +up-front at install time and will not change after that.</p> <a name="signing"></a> <h2>Application Signing</h2> |