App sizes are out of control

Re:App sizes are out of control by jayd16 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @02:29PM (#14903811)

>Surely the 275 MB isn't all useful data (I wonder what compression ratios you get on 'apps'), and it should be possible to cut it down to a few MB.

This is pretty tone def. The bulk of apps are audio and ui assets and the compression rates on those are quite good.

That said, the compression rate for iOS apps is horrible as Apple decides to encrypt and then compress the binaries, completely blowing apart the compression ratio of duplicate data.

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Re:App sizes are out of control by richardwhiuk on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @02:39PM (#14903910)

Compress then encrypt is continually a source of vulnerabilities.

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Re:App sizes are out of control by sebcat on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:14AM (#14907867)

For protocols yes, but you need to look at the full picture. e.g., what would the oracle be in this case?

Encrypt then compress makes no sense at all. Compress then encrypt, or don't compress at all.

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