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Big 3 Roll Out 'Trusted Mobile Platform'

Posted by timothy on from the weeble-wobble dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an effort to enhance the security of 'advanced' e-commerce services in mobile devices and guard against viruses and other software attacks, NTT DoCoMo, Intel, and IBM have jointly released a security specification known as the 'Trusted Mobile Platform.' The spec is said to define a set of hardware and software components that can be built into devices to provide varying degrees of security. Implementation of the platform is said to consist of applying well-established, strong security techniques to hardware and software architectures, resulting in a trusted execution environment that protects the device at boot time and during device operation. The hspec is available ere."

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  1. This isn't good for business by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This isn't good for anybody

    Old Seinfeld line..

    --
    "Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
  2. The next 2 years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    13.9 months: Someone releases a trivial universal patch to bypass execution checks.
    14 months: Big 3 release compatible S/W and H/W
    14.01 months: Slashdot breaks news of patch which renders it useless.
    14.1 months: CNN breaks the news.
    14.2 months: Whoever releases the patch goes to jail for a long time while anyone who wants to do damage to your hardware anyway just patches their executable and releases.
    24 months: Big companies announce another form of bulletproof security.

  3. Discombobulation by mintrepublic · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is how you know someone is from Detroit: Ask them who the Big Three are and see if they say Ford, GM, and Chrysler. Honestly, I was very confused when I saw the headline. /Michigander