Recently, the folks over at XDA posted about (and since pulled) publicly available information that outlined how the WP7 Marketplace could be cracked. To some this was new and for others it was very old. For developers, the weakness was found in Microsoft’s DRM for Windows Phone 7 applications and had been well  known for quite some time. There have also been many calls for Microsoft to address these concerns; an example can be found here on their official forums.

Since then, a security expert provided a proof-of-concept program that can successfully pull any application from the Marketplace, remove the security, anddeploy to an unlocked Windows Phone with literally a push of a button. Alternatively, you could just save the cracked XAP file to your hard drive. Neither the app nor the methodology is public, and it won’tbe released (so don’t inquire about it). It is important to note that this was all done within six hours by one developer as well.

Below, you can see a video of the application (called “FreeMarketplace”) in action, demonstrating how easy it can be to download any app from the Marketplace. While many condemn the developers for “promoting piracy” the devs strongly disagree. Many complaints from developers about this weakness have been voiced and its their right to know about the flaws in the system. We are pretty sure that Microsoft will work hard to implement a stronger DRM system, in part due to this proof-of-concept demonstration.

Authors: _GadgetNews

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