Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps

mikesd81 writes "Engadget reports Apple has readied a blacklisting system which allows the company to remotely disable applications on your device. It seems the new 2.x firmware contains a URL which points to a page containing a list of 'unauthorized' apps — a move which suggests that the device makes occasional contact with Apple's servers to see if anything is amiss on your phone. Jonathan Zdziarski, the man who discovered this, explains, 'This suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while to find out what applications it should turn off. At the moment, no apps have been blacklisted, but by all appearances, this has been added to disable applications that the user has already downloaded and paid for, if Apple so chooses to shut them down. I discovered this doing a forensic examination of an iPhone 3G. It appears to be tucked away in a configuration file deep inside CoreLocation.'" Update: 08/11 13:07 GMT by T : Reader gadgetopia writes with a small story at IT Wire, citing an interview in the Wall Street Journal, in which this remote kill-switch is "confirmed by Steve Jobs himself."

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[sogoodsofarsowhat]

Slashdot with the total Flame bait article that is not based in fact but FUD. Come on /. dont be a tool... your supposed to be more technical than this but instead you post up a bad/already debunked article...but instead of tagging this properly you give it more legs. Nice. Even though nothing from the article is factual you still post it up. Get over it. Apple isnt screwing over the phone users...as much as you want to think they are. Watch as Apple becomes the powerhouse of phone makers. /. is such a fucking tool

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