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Walled Garden is a metaphor for a technology concept that describes a restricted environment.

In terms of the hot-spot technology of the field of the Internet offer referred to with Walled Garden, which is the user free of charge and without having to register. Mostly use hotspot operators from this area to introduce their own web presence and offers to the users.

The Walled Garden is in the range of smartphone or game console technology for a business model in which the manufacturer wishes to retain an exclusive distribution model the control of software running, usable media and other content. The operating system is designed by DRM, such that only allowed by the manufacturer or signed content with the device are available. This has some advantages, such as the previous control some protection against malicious software. The business model is, however, somewhat contradictory to the interests of developers and users who want to have them purchased equipment, self-determined. In some devices the manufacturer's limitations on a so-called jailbreak can cancel (eg Apple iOS or Nintendo Wii). Most are to exploit vulnerabilities of the device to bypass the protection mechanisms of the operating system.

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