At the last MWC-2014 in Barcelona, Intel introduced the mobile 64-bit Atom Merrifield processors for Android devices. However, it became known that devices equipped with this crystal will have protection called Hooks, which will not allow installing alternative firmware on the smartphone.
According to Frank Kuipers, Intel technical manager, the Hooks system, when detecting a third-party operating system, will block some functions of the device. In addition, the system will be able to determine the OS update from the installation is completely new.
According to the resource softpedia.com, when installing on the device a well-known alternative firmware CyanogenMod, the user may lose support for mobile communication in his smartphone, as well as access to corporate email.
It is reported that the technology Hooks can make changes at the hardware level in the executable files. At the same time, the operating system may not be aware of the execution of the code, for example, when the anti-virus scanner is running.
The first use of this technology will be embedding MacFree antivirus in new products that will use Merrifield processors. On the one hand, Hooks imposes some restrictions on users, on the other hand, this will give more protection to owners of Android OS devices.
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