Intel's 64-Bit Mobile Chips Will Have OS(B)Locking eat!

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#cco"$ing to %e"&an site %ole&'$e( Intel)s *echnical #cco!nt Manage" "ank +!,pe"s sai$ in an inte"vie- that his co&pan,)s !pco&ing Me""i.iel$ 64-bit &obile chipsets -o!l$ be a$$e$ a ne- .eat!"e calle$ /hooks(0 -hich is &ea nt to block so&e o. the .eat!"es( &o"e o" less i&po"tant( i. it $etects that a ne- OS has been installe$ on the $evice'

+!,pe"s clai&s that Intel)s ne- chipsets -ill be able to $etect i. an #n$"oi$ !se" "eplaces the ope"ating s,ste& on thei" s&a"tphone -ith anothe" ve"sion o" -ith a co&pletel, $i..e"ent one( an$ then block so&e o. the .eat!"es that !se" sho!l$ bene.it ."o& b, $e.a!lt'

o" e1a&ple( let)s sa, ,o! o-n an #n$"oi$ s&a"tphone po-e"e$ b, Intel)s ne- Me""i.iel$ &obile chipset an$ ,o! -ant to install a C,anogenMo$ 2OM th at -o!l$ p"es!&abl, &ake ,o!" $evice .aste" an$ &o"e "eliable'

Well( ,o! sho!l$ kno- that /thanks0 to the ne- /hooks0 .eat!"e integ"at e$ in these &obile chipsets( ,o! "isk losing so&e o. the &ost i&po"tant capa

bilities o. the phone( s!ch as L*345M*S( as -ell as so&e i. not all e&ails "eceive$'

*he "eason is si&ple( as +!,pe"s sa,s that Intel)s SoC -ill be capable o. i$ enti.,ing the ne- so.t-a"e installe$ as /"isk0 an$ -ill block these .eat!"es !ntil ,o! "eve"t to the p"evio!s OS ve"sion "ecogni6e$ as /sa.e'0

*he ne- technolog, i&ple&ente$ -ithin Intel)s ha"$-a"e -ill be active beginn ing 7894( along -ith the /hooks0 .!nctionalit, that -ill be !se$ to lock the p"ocesso" .o" ce"tain OSes o" OS ve"sions' It "e&ains to be seen -hich OS ve"sions an$4o" &obile plat.o"&s -ill be blackliste$ b, Intel'

I "eckon this is an !ne1pecte$ t!"n o. events .o" Intel( -hich isn)t even a& ong the pop!la" &obile chipset p"o$!ce"s on the &a"ket' :e"haps the co&pan , -ants to sell even less &obile chipsets to #n$"oi$ han$set &ake"s( o" else -e can)t see a "eason to lock $o-n an #n$"oi$ OS( -hich is an open so!"c e plat.o"& in itsel.'

Last b!t not least( it appea"s that Intel is still !n$eci$e$ -hethe" to &ake t he !se o. this /hooks0 .eat!"e p!blic' :!"chasing an #n$"oi$ s&a"tphone -i tho!t kno-ing that ,o! can !p$ate to a ne- ve"sion o" install a c!sto&i6e$ 2OM is !nacceptable'

#cco"$ing to the co&pan,( the /hooks0 .!nctionalit, is &eant to i&p"ove th e sec!"it, on #n$"oi$ $evices that a"e po-e"e$ b, Me""i.iel$ chipsets( b!t t his sho!l$ not a..ect !se"s) e1pe"ience' ( http;44---'pl!"k'co&4sea"chke,-o"$s )( http;44b'hatena'ne'<p4sea"chke,-o"$ s)