Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the Test 106
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."
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It would be interesting to along with each application and its security flaw(s) see how many users they have. Some of these seem to be rather poor shareware that is probably as bad on a desktop as on a PDA.
Still, an informative article, I've never really considered security at all on a PDA. Since they are nowadays wifi connected and used as password managers and for company email, obviously the concern should be greater.
Re:Windows Mobile does have one good point... (Score:2, Interesting)
In my case it is literally more than twice a day.
But then, I am developing for the platform, which is IMHO the most awful development environment known to mankind. The "ActiveSync" product has received lots of flack at the MEDC2006 conference for being buggy. And, I can't for the life of me figure out why VS2005 won't give me a full stack trace when I pause the program while debugging (and yes, I have compiled with debug information on).
It's amazing the garbage that people put up with to develop MS products.