Since system api calls are traps, and traps
can be reassigned ... isn't -any- api usage
to make this determination going to be subject
to spoofing?
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-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Schram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 3:09 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How to detect app is running on POSE
>
>
> At 11:56 PM +0100 1999/12/08, Eric VERGNAUD wrote:
> >What I've done is a SysBatteryInfo. On my version of POSE it
> returns 327.
> >The chances that the same value is returned on a device are
> very poor. But
> >can I be 100% sure that POSE will always return this value ?
>
> Palm Computing will definitely NOT guarantee this behavior in
> future versions of POSE. However, for existing compilations...
>
> Be aware that SysBatteryInfo is equally trivial to spoof,
> therefore it's no more or less reliable than the feature, and
> you've now told the world how to fool your app. Oops... :oS
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Schram
> 3Com/Palm Computing
> Partner Engineering
>
>
>
