Mobile Ajax and security
April 17th, 2006
Does security will raise some complex issue for
One of the benefits of
One of the well know weakness of browser based app, is the fact that these application can not access to local resources of the device, like Bluetooth, address book, GPS, etc…
One of the possible (and probable) evolutions will be to provide some specific API to these applications to access to local resources. Fine, but this raises more the security problem: would you give an unlimited right to any browser app to access to your private data? Of course no, but then, how to manage this: by providing a certificate per session? But disabling access to this device?
For downloaded app, the solution as been solved by putting a certificate mechanism. This provides some advantage, as only the “trusted” application can be downloaded. The disadvantage is that it’s very costly, in
terms of money, time . But in all cases, this can not be applied directly to Ajax based app…
I have no clue on how this will be solved, I am just worried to this issue has not been addressed by promoters of the “full
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Entry Filed under: FlashLite, JavaME, MobileAjax, MobileWidgets, Wireless
2 Comments Add your own
1. C. Enrique Ortiz | April 17th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Agreed.
I recently wrote about this on my last response to Ajit’s Mobile Ajax… there I wrote “do I now need to sign my browser app as well?”…
You got it, this opens a whole new can of worms - or same can of worms, but now for browser-based apps.
Enrique
2. Scott Penberthy | May 28th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Mobile widgets are a great idea! I started down this path last spring at a little company I called “Bling Software.” Its a tongue-in-cheek name for software that adds “bling” or fun accessories to your phone.
The URL has a cheeky demo, a hello world version of our software running on a phone. We have little Konfabulator-style widgets running on CDMA phones, and will have a GSM version shortly. Its a lot of fun. A small carrier has become our first licensee, and several brands are kicking the tires.
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