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- inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+17A pic of E.T...I see what you did there.
- inactive, on 08/07/2008, -4/+12Apple can put anything it wants in its phones. The question becomes, are you dumb enough to buy it? As far as I'm concerned I like my freedoms too much to spend that type of money on having them restricted.
- Xearis, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3wow, so apple can pretty much monitor anything you do with your iphone then
- allowners, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3Apple's in bed with AT&T, enough said. Still people line up in droves to pay for their chains, driven by PR hype.
- boerema, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2Exactly. It isn't like they are plotting the demise of the entire nation here. They are just making a way for Apple to be able to deactivate software that they may deem hazardous or illegal.
- flagZ, on 08/07/2008, -1/+3this is absurd.... freedom has been sold for a bit of shinyness. No doubt about the benefits of the multitouch, or the innovation of apple. but remote control.. come on!! this is really too much...
- megadan76, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2I think I'll stick with my jail break for a while.
- UKLooney, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2When you sign up with Apple, they own you. You have made that choice, live with it.
You don't need to, so why do you?.. - inactive, on 08/08/2008, -1/+3Um what's the problem? They would only use this in extreme situations (i.e., if an app that made it to the App Store is found to be malicious). Would you rather use the malicious app?
- zmedico, on 08/07/2008, -1/+3The best protection against abuse of this sort is to spend your money on a phone that gives you the freedom to install any operating system and software that you want, such as the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner phone.
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://koolu.com/Koolu-WE-Appliance/WE-Phone.html - richempire, on 08/07/2008, -3/+5Great!, I buy the damn applications, now apple kills them! I want my money back!
- AnthonyC, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Dugg for the picture of ET
- aballrap, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1you buy a phone so its yours...it is personal..and i personally think that this is wrong that they can look at this information or even monitor you or your business
- 1town, on 08/08/2008, -1/+2Has Apple disabled an application you bought? No? Then shut the ***** up.
- boerema, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1You are acting like this was some kind of black op. This is just them implementing new code. It isn't like they are going to be listening in on your calls. Read my comment in reply to #2 for my opinion if you want. I don't want to spam it everywhere
- inactive, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1John Gruber just did an article about this and he says that an Apple employee told him that the blacklist is to keep unauthorized apps from accessing CoreLocation. Quoted from his article:
"An informed source at Apple confirmed to me that the “clbl” in the URL stands for “Core Location Blacklist”, and that it does just that. It is not a blacklist for disabling apps completely, but rather specifically for preventing any listed apps from accessing Core Location — an API which, for obvious privacy reasons, is covered by very strict rules in the iPhone SDK guidelines."
http://daringfireball.net/2008/08/core_location_bl ... - djh816, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1He said it was inside of "CoreLocation". If that is the location services, that might make sense. Maybe Apple is prepared to disable some apps from having your location if it is known that those might use that information for bad things. Then Apple could remove the app from the app store but for the people that still had it, this could be a form of protection.
- NikolaTeslaCoil, on 08/07/2008, -1/+2It's a bit surprising for me to hear that ...
Apple guys are usually smart, how could have they thought that placing a plain URL inside one of their files, would have not been noticed and checked by any hacker or security expert ? - MasterThief117, on 08/08/2008, -1/+2And there you have those elitist apple fanboys who think Apple is a gift from god.
- colincornaby, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Uh, no. Did you even read the article description?
"Apple has readied a blacklisting system which allows the company to remotely disable applications on your device."
That's all the calling home does. - bernardo202, on 08/07/2008, -1/+1I knew this would happen! That's why I'm still on a jailbroken 1.1.4!
- richempire, on 08/11/2008, -1/+1***** off bitch!
- wonderchemist, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1The fact its buried within the core location framework means this thing is targeted at stalkers who had planned to use core location to stalk people.
- boerema, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Are you guys seriously upset about this? It isn't like they are going through your phone, sending your call logs and emails out to Apple. This is an Intellectual Property protection scheme at its core. Take this example:
My name is George Lucas. I have worked for years to develop two incredible IP's (Star Wars and Indiana Jones). I just found out that some guy from New York made an iPhone app that makes Light Saber sounds and is a clear violation of copyright and IP laws in America. Now if I wished to release a similar product, I would have to compete with someone who has illegally stolen my idea and also has a market head-start. I wish there was a way that I could just ask Apple to remove all the offending applications. If they can't do that, I guess I can always just sue the author of the application for my losses.
In my opinion, THIS is why Apple implemented this blacklisting ability. - pedepy, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2i dont get it... is Steves Job an alien now ?..
- Lynx55, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1Gawd...don't give Microsoft ideas......
- cj00ta, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1Hey, does anyone know where I can find the vista skin for the 3G iPOD?
lmfao... how's that for a kick in the teeth mac fanboi's?
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