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and these people are not able to copy/steal the needed driver binary from one of these phones?

• wmf 13y ago
  They are, but it sounds like Qualcomm is trying to introduce some kind of driver DRM so that the driver will only work on "new" chips but not "used" ones.
  • jdiez17 13y ago
    What's the worst that can happen, right? Haha! Because DRM always works perfectly and the legitimate customer is never stung by it. Cool!
  • kalleboo 13y ago
    And I thought IP protection couldn't get more ridiculous than the Lexmark toner case.