Der Entdecker der Schwachstelle hat sich dazu geäussert, und auch ein gutes Beispiel der Auswirkungen von Nokias Protektionismus gegeben (Skype):
ZitatAlles anzeigenAs many of you have guessed, my focus is on other activities than "hacking" and I have no intentions to play game of cat and mouse with Nokia. My sole intention is to free myself (and the developers) from Nokia's control, as the capability restrictions are clearly placed for limiting the competition and to protect Nokia's own business.
And what ever your twisted press or Nokia tells you, the hacked firmware is not really a security exploit. It's not remotely exploitable and even locally, it practically requires you to code the program yourself. This is a new useful tool for Symbian developer's toolbox, opening new possibilities for the home based developers, working as subcontractors or looking for publisher.
Nokia's PR claims this hack opens door to piracy, viruses and malware. Not really. The "sensitive" capabilities give access mostly to phone's local features, like task management and multimedia features. The most dangerous capability (from phone bill point of view), NetworkServices, was already user grantable. In fact, using the described hack you could also remove that, making your phone more secure. Even if you intentionally make the hack, the software is still installed through same mechanism and user is notified of the possibly dangerous self-signed content.
Let me take an example about Nokia's protectionism: If you want to implement a new "Skype" type application, which uses Wi-Fi for audio transportation, you need to obtain MultimediaDD capability from Nokia. Without MultimediaDD capability, you cannot do full duplex audio, required for any sensible human conversation.
It's nice to present "open platform" to the press, but the reality is that Nokia is interested in any competition threats for it's current business, and by controlling the access to phone's APIs using capabilities, it can control who can develop and what kind of software.
