The new code, called the Mobile Security Engine, uses 128-bit AES encryption and digital certificates to protect the operating system itself from being tampered with, as well as all files on the handset. It also creates a protected space, called a sandbox, where applications that lack digital signatures are stored and given only restricted access to a subset of the phone's features and resources.

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