[saagarjha]

> Think Facebook and Messenger: two separate apps.

Of course, apps from the same developer should have access to alternative ways to share state.

[dejj]

Wait, is this sarcasm or not? If not, bypassing malware filters by spreading the parts over multiple apps with 'friendship' access rights to each other sounds like return-oriented programming with extra steps.

[saagarjha]

The number of "gadgets" in this case is very small, and most protections should work at the developer ID level anyways.