Attempting a better secured app in the Windows Phone Marketplace - a follow up [Developers]

A day later later nosotros posted the "proof of concept" (PoC) video demonstrating how easy it is to defeat Windows Phone app protection, the discussion is starting to head into another direction: from criticism to potential solution. FreeMarketplace may simply be 65.5kb in size (seriously), simply its ability to freely circumvent the weak DRM of all 4k+ paid apps in the Marketplace with a unmarried mouse-click is a real concern.

While nosotros're confident Microsoft has something in the works to right this problem (though null is confirmed), developers may be able to have some matters into their ain manus to better ameliorate app security.

Tobias, the developer of FreeMarketplace, has what he thinks is a method to slow down potential pirates. What makes FreeMarketplace then dangerous is the automation--no mid-level "cracker" is needed to go into each and every app to defeat DRM, which is how the majority of app piracy has to go along (see iOS). That's because DRM in the Windows Phone Marketplace is the same for every app, making an automated system-broad app cracker viable:

The code and the guides I gave yous here volition non stop piracy. Anyone with the corresponding skills can even so startup reflector, go through your code, remove any checkes, remove DRM and install it on a device. YES, but it got a lot more hard to do it in an automated manner. Then, in that location might be ane or two who can still break your security measures by hand but the masses won't be able as there is no generic tool available.

While not a true fix, it tin at least add some speed bumps for now till MS can offer more robust DRM back up. Of note, Tobias is notwithstanding non sharing details on how FreeMarketplace works, and so don't expect any nuggets there. In addition, what follows is strictly for developers, and so non-techies will but glean a few interesting tid-bits.

Read: Getting a more secure Windows Phone 7 app

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