Windows Phone News: Microsoft beefs up security in Windows Phone 8 and could make it more difficult to install Custom ROM's

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Microsoft beefs up security in Windows Phone 8 and could make it more difficult to install Custom ROM's



As Windows Phone 8 launch is closing up, it seems that Microsoft would have increased the level of security and protection of the new version of its operating system for mobile devices, Windows Phone 8 .It is a rumor which we had mentioned long ago, when the SDK for Windows Phone 8 was possible to discover some of the features of this new OS.

In fact, the security ans also the protection of your documents, it would be increased with the addition of support for encryption BitLocker 128-bit, which will provide a powerful protective shield for your data if the device were to be lost or lost and thus to prevent anyone from reading them. It 'a feature that is applied to the files in the mass memory and not, apparently, to an external device such as micro SD. 
Indeed, the external memory support which will provide Windows Phone 8 will give the user the option to store only pictures, music and video, excluding documents such as a Word file.
Another important innovation that Microsoft will introduce in Windows Phone 8 will be the SafeBoot . This feature will make it very difficult (if not impossible) to a third-party software does not have a digital signature can be loaded on the device, such as a custom ROM. The new device Windows Phone 8 will have in fact a chip that occur whenever the system is booted, if the firmware has installed a digital signature from Microsoft or one of a few OEM. This control system, therefore, will prevent the loading of firmware custom made ​​by independent developers.
However this may be bad news for the geeks and lovers of custom ROM's ,the common end-user will surely be appreciated because this new security system will provide greater security and stability in future Windows Phone 8 devices.
Source Mobilejaw

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