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And here I was thinking a fun first project would be a socat client with self-signed certs for remote access.

The more I want to learn about smart phone development and ecosystem, the more offputting it gets by the year.

But yeah, use our PlayApp Store we can better track you in real time. OUR certs are WITHOUT DOUBT TRUSTWORTHY.

Sometimes I feel neckbeards will beat us youngbloods to death for the sins we let pass.

Why would this impact that? Apps can still use whatever certs they want, they just won't automatically pick up certs that are added at the system level.

I'd say their certs are more trustworthy than 90% of the certs that users would add. This is a pretty no brainer security move on Android's part.

> their certs are more trustworthy than 90% of the certs that users would add.

Why? Why wouldn't I trust my own cert more than any Google trusted certs. I'm sure the majority of CA's are responsible entities, but I trust my certs more, because I control them!

Exactly! I will absolutely not buy Android N(owned many Android devices so far). Google collects all users activities by default while don't let me trust my own CA, how ironic. I guess Google thinks only itself is trust-able and it has the right to baby seat whoever uses its devices, in the name of protecting its users...No Thanks Big Brother.

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