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TPM Security Chip For Your Cell Phone
pete314 writes "The Trusted Computing Group has unveiled that it is working on a mobile version of its TPM security chip. It should prevent the phone world from being hit by the same virus and hacking issues that face computers. However, the EFF is not amused, stating that the chip will be used for DRM, and could even limit which software the owner installs on his cell phone."
It depends on what you have. From what you say above, it sounds like you have a device running Windows Mobile. The code signing feature is fantastic inasmuch as it lets *you* decide whether or not you trust an app, and how much you want to trust it, essentially. I have an Audiovox SMT 5600 (aka HTC Typhoon) which exhibits the same behavior. Heck, I can even write apps for it in Visual Studio 2005 and dump them onto the phone. No fuss, no muss. My old Sidekick (well, actually the fourth Sidekick I had; I got unlucky in terms of catastrophic hardware failures) would only run extra apps that were on Danger and T-Mobile's pre-approved list. Not my idea of fun.
No, but I used to work for Microsoft.