Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20, 2010 @02:19AM from the trying-to-put-the-break-in-jailbreak dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple yesterday applied for a patent to allow remotely disabling electronic devices when 'unauthorized usage' is detected. The patent application covers using the camera to take pictures of the unauthorized user and using GPS to determine location, and it involves ascertaining whether the phone has been hacked or jailbroken, using those as criteria for detecting 'suspicious behavior.' The patent would allow the carrier or any other 'authorized' party to disable or restrict the functionality of the device. Is this Apple's latest tool to thwart jailbreaking?"

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Re:Just because it's patented... by beelsebob · 2010-08-20 02:35 · Score: 5, Informative

The headline is massively misleading, they've patented remotely disabling devices that the device has detected has been stolen, not jailbroken phones.
Stupid slashdot is stupid^H^H^H^H^H filled with anti-apple trolls.
Re:Just because it's patented... by Low+Ranked+Craig · 2010-08-20 02:48 · Score: 5, Informative

Mod parent up. I read the patent (shock!) and he is right. http://www.patentvest.com/console/reports/docs/app/20100207721.html This whole post is a flamebait post.

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