http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133633&intsrc=news_ts_head
I think Gartner (as usual...) are pretty wrong since the ability for a bank to use a mobile phone for anything secure is close to zero since current mobile phones including Android doesn't support any token-based interoperable security solution except SIM-authentication to the operator networks. Based on this list, there is not even an interest for creating such features. Generally the mobile phone business "by tradition" is devoted to the interests of MNOs (Mobile Network Operators). Here is one of the more recent things things they have been doing in order to keep the SIM alive and kicking: http://www.venyon.com/what_is_tsm The #1 issue with all such schemes is the business model, who is going to own this thing? Since I expect TSMs to fail, I continue working on the solution that reduces secure key storage to an "electronic component" that anybody can use without having to pay or sign contracts: http://webpki.org/papers/keygen2/secure-key-store.pdf This work is partially going to be performed in TrustedComputingGroup. Some day Google will presumably join TCG. Anders
