Windows Marketplace's newest anti-piracy measures already thwarted

Yar, that was fast. Less than a day after Microsoft updated its Windows Marketplace for Mobile with new advanced anti-piracy measure, some apt xda-developers community member has managed to crack the new code -- in under two hours, according to Chainfire's posting. The hack itself won't be posted, but we're sure other astute programmers, many of more nefarious intention, will be able to have their way with it just as easy. Sad for developers who've been wanting something more secure -- better luck next update.

[pika2000 Posted Nov 13th 2009 2:38AM]

@CT: WTF are you even talking about troll. Are you a hypocrite Apple hater that you have to mention iPhone on an MS related topic?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2009 10:31PM]

Yet another quality piece of work from Redmond! I can't believe the quality of products and quality of people that produce it. This company has really fallen down over the last 10 years and the floor is nowhere to be found. There is so much fat there that they can lay off 20% of the company and not miss a beat.

[Sax25 Posted Nov 12th 2009 10:53PM]

Oh geez relax! You make it seem like Microsoft did nothing. They implemented the code they thought would be okay, but someone bypassed it - is that really any shock? With your comment, you probably believe that nothing else has ever been broken. Apples App Store IPAs - cracked, Blu-Ray - cracked, Consoles/Portable Game Systems - cracked, DRM Video/Audio - cracked, Mac/PC Software, PC Games - all cracked. Everytime someone cracks DRM/Anti-piracy measures doesn't mean that the company that implemented it was lazy or the quality was shit. At the end of the day - it is just one persons coding against another.

[ricorich196 Posted Nov 12th 2009 11:03PM]

Psshh this was the same person who cracked it before. If he isn't going to release it than there is no reason for him to exclaim that he found it but isn't going to release it I doubt Microsoft will bother to contact him so what's the point?I found a way to get around the Xbox live console bans but I am not going to tell anyone how to do it -_-

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 12:53AM]

No wonder Y microsoft is still microsoft :P

[HighestRanked Posted Nov 13th 2009 1:39AM]

Hahahahah Microsoft fails yet again
looks like nobody wants to pay for crap

[HighestRanked Posted Nov 13th 2009 2:31AM]

It's amusing to see all these MS fanboys and their kind trying to justify the poorly constructed MS App store by attempting to compare it with the Apple App Store.

The MS app store is barely new and it's already going down the toilet. Much like WinMo and the Zune.

[pokes Posted Nov 13th 2009 7:15AM]

Hmmm.... so you compare the new and cracked marketplace to the more mature and still cracked App store and your conclusion is that marketplace is going down the toilet??

I think the logic flows are messed.

[rotarydialz Posted Nov 13th 2009 3:17AM]

So many people complain about a pro Apple bias but an article about windows marketplace leads to several comments about Apple and iphones.

[magallanes Posted Nov 13th 2009 7:11AM]

"The hack itself won't be posted"

HOW DICK OF THEM.

it is the same to say, i found something incredible but i wont tell you what it is.

[pokes Posted Nov 13th 2009 7:21AM]

Maybe just maybe someone like chainfire of xda_dev fame knows the effects of releasing a hack and dumping on the devs that have worked hard to get their apps on the marketplace.

I know for one that there are marketplace apps out there you can download and install the .cab simply with a google search. He let people know about this and MS have just release updated methods to secure apps to which he has cracked again.

What is wrong with him cracking it and let MS be aware that it needs to be improved. After all chainfire and others from xda_devs dont want to see a major component of WinMo fail, they'd rather see it improve.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 8:00AM]

The endless cycle of hacking/securing will always be.
First... the website is setup as a honeypot to monitor where the fixes are to be addressed, then the hack attempts begin. Why throw all the time/money into the intial code when the hackers will teach them for free?

It's all business 101

cost/benefit ROI

[Ty Posted Nov 13th 2009 8:55AM]

This wouldn't have made news if they didn't use the words "advanced anti-piracy measure." The minute you claim you have secured something it's taken as a challenge to the hacking community.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 6:05PM]

Cracked in 2 hours... wow!!! Everything that can be locked, can be unlocked (as the Greeks say hahaha!!!). Antonis @ http://coinmad.wordpress.com

[peltonpinto Posted Nov 26th 2009 7:50AM]

Microsoft will fix this problem as well. Maybe it’s the haste to get the Marketplace started for users to use. Ultimately it will do good as it still acts as a one stop destination to all the useful apps a user requires