Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the Test

boebert_ms writes "Windows Mobile security software is insecure and buggy, according to a report from Airscanner. In a paper posted at msmobiles.com, roughly 20 different Windows Mobile programs (e.g. MS Money, Password Master 3.5, etc) were examined and found to have a wide range of issues from broken protection schemes to poor encryption algorithms, and more. The paper goes into some details about each program and their flaws and also provides some tips on how to protect your data."

Comments

Microsoft can't code

[Ucklak]

Period.

I say it every single time some crap like this comes up; even the latest when they announced that they're stopping Virtual PC for the Mac on Intel, it's because Microsoft coders can't even code "Hello World!" if it's not point and click unless they bought the source from another company.

Re:Windows Mobile does have one good point...

[macemoneta]

I went into a CompUSA to check out the various Windows-based PDAs. I picked up one, played with a few applications, and it hung. I picked up another, and again after a minute or two, it failed. I tried a third, just opened the text editor, and the same thing happened. All were different manufacturers. My brother just got a Windows-based "smart" cell phone. He resets it at least twice a week.

I think I'll keep my boring Zaurus PDA; uptime is over 100 days (the last time I loaded an OpenZaurus update), and there's just something really cool about sshing *in* to my PDA, or syncing it with rsync.