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Merge "Doc change: Adjust security sandbox description." into froyo
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docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd

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@@ -40,15 +40,14 @@ includes reading or writing the user's private data (such as contacts or
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e-mails), reading or writing another application's files, performing
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network access, keeping the device awake, etc.<p>
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<p>An application's process is a secure sandbox. It can't disrupt other
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applications, except by explicitly declaring the <em>permissions</em> it needs
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for additional capabilities not provided by the basic sandbox. These
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permissions it requests can be handled by the operating in various ways,
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typically by automatically allowing or disallowing based on certificates or
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by prompting the user. The permissions required by an application are declared
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statically in that application, so they can be known up-front at install time
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and will not change after that.</p>
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<p>An application's process runs in a security sandbox. The sandbox is designed
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to prevent applications from disrupting each other, except by explicitly
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declaring the <em>permissions</em> they need for additional capabilities not
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provided by the basic sandbox. The system handles requests for permissions
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in various ways, typically by automatically allowing or disallowing based on
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certificates or by prompting the user. The permissions required by an
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application are declared statically in that application, so they can be known
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up-front at install time and will not change after that.</p>
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<a name="signing"></a>
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<h2>Application Signing</h2>

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