Google is adding DRM to all Android apps, but it's for the right reasons

Metadata will be added to application files when they are digitally signed and built. That's a lot of letters to say DRM. Earlier this week, Google quietly rolled out a feature that adds a string of metadata to all APK files (that's the file type for Android apps) when they are signed by the developer. You can't install an application that hasn't been signed during its final build, so that means that all apps built using the latest APK Signature Scheme will have a nice little chunk of DRM built ...