Submission + - Popular android package uses just XOR. And that's not the worst part. (github.io) 1
siddesu writes: A popular 'encryption' package for Android that even charges a yearly subscription fee of $8, actually does nothing more than give false sense of security to its users. Not only is the app using a worthless encryption method, it also uses weak keys and 'encrypts' only a small portion of the files. One wonders how much snake oil flows through the app stores, from 'battery savers' to 'antivirus'. What is the most worthless app purchase you made? Did you ask for a refund?
Microsoft used to encrypt registry keys (Score:2)
Can't remember the version (W2K?) and thought of all the BS they could pull, but encryption looked familiar. Testing them out found they were indeed using ROT13. While nothing like charging for a bogus encryption scheme, and the reg entries were almost all MUI's so no big deal - but I have always wondered why they did that.
As for worthless app purchase that would be an authorized "cheat" for Angry Birds, I thought it would tell you how to solve the puzzle, instead it called an Eagle who flew down and destro