Windows Phone 8.1 reportedly closes ‘Fiddler loophole’ for installed OEM exclusive apps

This is i of those Windows Telephone eight.1 changes that will just affect like 0.1% of you, though information technology's still interesting if you're into security and what may be all-time described every bit piracy.

Terminal summer, we ran a controversial story most how to install OEM exclusive apps to your Windows Phone. Those apps are always 'complimentary' though they are in theory subsidized past your purchase of that OEM'southward telephone. There was a method used where you lot can spoof your Nokia Lumia to look similar a Samsung one, or vice versa.

Windows Telephone 8.1 has apparently been patched, making the OS slightly more secure against such behavior. Reader of the site NFC Flaap wrote us in, detailing is experience:

"One of the unnoticed changes in Windows Telephone 8.1 is that the Fiddler route to install exclusive apps has been closed. Of form, this may also exist considering of the changes in the Windows Telephone store itself. One of the apps I had installed on my phone worked fine until the eight.1 update. The app was there only simply refused to start. And so I uninstalled it so tried to reinstall again using the Fiddler route. This too failed. So I guess Microsoft stock-still this loophole silently."

We haven't verified this ourselves if this is authentic, mostly because lack of intent, but information technology seems highly probable.

Information technology'due south certainly interesting, and we're surprised it took this long. Simply then over again, the number of people doing this type of thing was always very pocket-sized. For ane, non all apps were able to be installed, by and large due to specific firmware requirements not on all phones, making this less exciting than initially idea. The second, Windows Phone and piracy while information technology does exist, is a very tiny segment of the user community. And so far, custom ROMs, hacking of the registry, and installing pirated apps is more than of a technical hobby than a big-time trouble.

Regardless, it's interesting to meet this method manifestly disappear. It's not clear if it'southward considering Microsoft actively patched it, or it is just changes to the Store.

Thanks, NFC Flapp, for the update

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