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  • Android Also Gives Google Remote App Installation Power

    06/29/2010 12:52:55 AM PDT · by Swordmaker · 17 replies · 1+ views
    ThreatPost ^ | June 25, 2010, 1:08PM | by Dennis Fisher
    The remote-wipe capability that Google recently invoked to remove a harmless application from some Android phones isn't the only remote control feature that the company built into its mobile OS. It turns out that Android also includes a feature that enables Google to remotely install apps on users' phones as well. Jon Oberheide, the security researcher who developed the application that Google remotely removed from Android phones, noticed during his research that the Android OS includes a feature called INSTALL_ASSET that allows Google to remotely install applications on users' phones. "I don't know what design decision they based that on....