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Apple Disables Egyptian iPhones' GPS

Posted by timothy on from the just-extrapolate-a-bit dept.

floydman writes "Apparently the Egyptian government is paranoid about its community using GPS devices, to the degree that it demanded Apple remove any GPS functionality from its iPhone 3G. They claim that 'GPS functionality should be limited to military purposes.' Egyptian blogger Ahmed Gabr brought this issue up in another article, and talks about how this does not make sense, since Google maps and the like can be used. I also happen to know for a fact that most of the modern cars in Egypt have built-in GPS systems."

3 of 278 comments (clear)

  1. Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since Egypt is a poor country, claiming that most new cars have gps is ludicrous.

  2. GPS System by nobodylocalhost · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just like TCP/IP Protocol.

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    Where is the "Ignorant" mod tag?
  3. Re:Swell plan by aliquis · · Score: 0, Troll

    You americans is hilarious, stop being so fucking scared.

    Also why would someone who needed a GPS for a rocket buy a frickin' iPhone?

    Also I don't get "should be limited to military purposes", don't they mean the opposite? I guess a GPS is ok as long as you don't attack anything?

    Anyway, yeah right, this will for sure stop all terrorists from getting GPSs! And any chance of them firing rockets!