Apple Quietly Drops iOS Jailbreak Detection API

bednarz writes "Without explanation, Apple has disabled a jailbreak detection API in iOS, less than six months after introducing it. Device management vendors say the reasons for the decision are a mystery, but insist they can use alternatives to discover if an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad has been modified so it can load and alter applications outside of Apple's iTunes-based App Store."

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Re:Class action?

[HermMunster]

Actually there's plenty of case-law that says that modification must be significant enough to have cause the damage resulting in the need to have the warranty honored.

So, technically, Apple has no grounds to claim loss of warranty when the modification wasn't significant enough to cause the type of damage that would cause the consumer to invoke the warranty.

And, in case you didn't know it, the warranty on those Apple devices is 9 months (at least for the iPhone). That's shorter than most in the electronics field.