Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Security: Addressing App Piracy Threats

Microsoft needs to start beefing up the security of its Windows Phone 7 App Marketplace. An ethical hacker provided WPCentral, a Windows Phone centric site, with a video showing proof-of-concept program that could grab any App from Marketplace and be installed for free sans any DRM security. This proof-of-concept program, dubbed FreeMarketplace, raises an alarm against a severe security issue with the Windows Marketplace that might lead to App Piracy. Recently Microsoft's Windows Marketplace started teething with 5000 Apps as reported two days ago.

WPCentral clarified that the methodology of the FreeMarketplace and the proof-of-concept program itself will NOT be released to the public. Of course it did spark a discussion about the potential piracy going en masse if this methodology is leaked to the public.

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