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Funny Stuff in AOSP #1
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time going through the Android source code, trying to understand how different pieces work. As you can imagine, it can get pretty tedious. Thankfully, most developers have a good sense of humor (albeit twisted sometimes), and occasionally this is reflected in their work.
I’m aware of the debate about funny commenting and Easter egg code. For me however, coming across one of these gems after long frustrating hours of reverse-engineering is a welcome relief. It’s also nice to be reminded of the human side of these otherwise impersonal machines.
Hopefully, this is the start of a Rat’s Nest series on funny things in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code. Here’s the first installment.
OK, I know just about everyone knows this one, but I’m starting off this series with it because it’s the first funny thing I found while studying the source for a recent security evaluation. From frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java:
/**
* Used to determine whether the user making this call is subject to
* teleportations.
* @return whether the user making this call is a goat
*/
public boolean isUserAGoat() {
return false;
}
Thankfully, it appears as though none of us are subject to teleportations!
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