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michdeAug 24, 2010
Uh-Oh
th3wh1terabb1tAug 24, 2010
Ruh-oh
daltonkuepkerAug 25, 2010
SpaghettiO's®
magus_melchiorAug 25, 2010
I was thinking ICQ myself. Those were the days.
ayeroxorAug 25, 2010
Most annoying f**king sound on Earth. First thing I did was go to the settings and change/silence that f**king sound.
zetadogAug 24, 2010
oh crap! Well having a jailbreak is risky. Owners should not be surprised by this...
Closed AccountAug 24, 2010
It's my device and it's perfectly legal for me to jailbreak it.
darkphenoxAug 25, 2010
and its perfectly legal for them to change the os so it does not work on jailbroken phones.
ayeroxorAug 25, 2010
^buried but true
Closed AccountAug 24, 2010
It's my phone, if I want to jailbreak it I will :D
My phone doesn't belong to Apple.
dzhuo04Aug 24, 2010
Your not leasing the item or purchasing the right to use the item, you are purchasing the PHYSICAL ITEM, it belongs to you, it's as if automakers put a kill switch in a car whenever you had a change in title.
kraken2003Aug 24, 2010
Have you read the 55 page Terms of Service that they don't show you in the apple store when you buy your iphone? Any TOS over 20 pages pretty much has to have a clause that you surrender the product you are buying and your soul, or at least the TOS can change without notice at any time. Now whether or not the TOS is legally binding will depend on how much bribe money any evil corporation (not necessarily apple) that has one bribes the government with.
Pretty soon the concept of "ownership" will disappear and you will have nothing but an expensive rental that is yours only if you break it; or they break it remotely. Case in point: Playstation 3.
juliusthecatAug 24, 2010
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spazzcatAug 24, 2010
No one wants to see you naked...
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
Maybe I do.
tgc1Aug 25, 2010
Little did anyone know, Steve Jobs had a fetish for watching random naked people.
unfatherAug 25, 2010
I love when people say that that no one wants to see you naked, because if you'd ever been on the internet you'd know that sentence is one of the least true things someone can say.
I promise you, even if you are a f**king hideous ogre of a human being with no redeeming qualities physically or personality-wise, someone wants to see you naked.
NickCobbAug 24, 2010
Steve Jobs? I don't believe it.
ronintetsuroAug 25, 2010
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shozikuAug 25, 2010
holy crap, that is the most accurate thing I've ever heard anyone say.
michichaelAug 24, 2010
Everything software related should have a -ware attached to it!
Microsoftware, Crapware, Tradeware, E-mailware...
dolomite808Aug 24, 2010
Video gameware?
kilodeltaAug 24, 2010
fapware?
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
Beware the Steveware traitorware werewolf.
...f**k.
impactedcolonAug 25, 2010
Underwearware
unfatherAug 25, 2010
Everything of a similar composition and/or intent can have a "ware" as a suffix. So adding ware to those words you used isn't witty, it's just what you can do with the English language. Congratulations. You used English.
xeriscapedAug 24, 2010
I don't think 'traitorware' is the right word. How about f**kYouSteveJobsware?
elsewhere42Aug 24, 2010
Every time I make a call on my iPhone, I can hear Steve Jobs breathing on the line.
shazoocowAug 24, 2010
He is masturbating.
neotechniAug 25, 2010
*macsturbating.
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
that is my new favorite term, ever. thank you, neotechni
stooge4everAug 25, 2010
@TehJonneh: Seconded
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
You're not holding it right
Steve
smmakiraAug 25, 2010
Is it like Mel Gibson breathing?
csalitureAug 25, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqJS3EQ_v6w
denelson83Aug 25, 2010
Has Steve Jobs ever messed around with electronics hands-on? I know Woz has, but what about the other Steve?
nhojgnosAug 25, 2010
Don't worry... your call will be dropped anyways... f**king att...
shutaroAug 24, 2010
F**K APPLE!!!
drummerdudextAug 25, 2010
EFF YEAH!
libertarianslolAug 24, 2010
apple is terrible
overnine9kAug 24, 2010
In before, Apple apologists, the same ones that swear by EFF when they attack MS.
ronintetsuroAug 25, 2010
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mabakerbrakerAug 25, 2010
In before the Google drones with their Taiwanese toys jump on criticizing Apple while using all of Google’s spying features.
Hypocrisy at its best.
akeldamaAug 25, 2010
Who manufactures the iPhone hardware?
thefirewireAug 25, 2010
look the bottom line is
“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place"
doshindudeAug 24, 2010
I believe it. Steve Jobs needs to be fired again.
meribianAug 24, 2010
Go ahead and alienate people, Apple. People will just start getting the HTC phones.
soopaflyAug 25, 2010
And we're safe with the Googles.
/s
fuzzynyankoAug 25, 2010
Google's stance on privacy isn't as bad, but is about as creepy
rhuxleyAug 25, 2010
they share with the NSA and as a non American I don't like that.
zetsurinAug 26, 2010
Start? Started about a year ago. Hope the sucker with my old iPhone is enjoying his freedom.
gdj11Aug 24, 2010
Just when you thought Apple couldn't f**k you any deeper than they already have...
jbellaAug 24, 2010
Okay.. maybe I am a fanboy or whatever.. but I don't see why people get so hyperventilated about a patent. Have you seen some of the things that Apple (and most corporations) patent? 99% of them will probably never be implemented, even in a super secret lab in the bowels of Cupertino. If this feature actually shows up on the iPhone... then we can have a reasonable discussion about it. But this is even less than vaporware.. so why bother?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
neotechniAug 25, 2010
Because if we didnt freak out, thatd tell apple we'd be ok with it
mca2142Aug 24, 2010
Here's to the crazy ones...
cfuseAug 25, 2010
What people say they are and what they do are generally very different things. I don't see Jobs sending DVD Jon a fruit basket any time soon.
ronintetsuroAug 25, 2010
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theobviouschildAug 25, 2010
Sincerely,
The Breakfast Club
♫Bummmmm bummmmmm.....hey hey hey hey!♫
theghoulAug 24, 2010
Hmm.. That s**t is creepy. Can anyone suggest any good Android phones?
Closed AccountAug 24, 2010
Droid 2 ..... AKA iPhone killer... can only use up to a 32 GB microSD card but you can buy them all day long for $10 on ebay and have a much larger music collection available with the quick switch of an sd card... full keyboard... 3G mobile hot spot
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&&selectedPhoneId=5429
davidtcAug 24, 2010
I don't have enough fingers and toes for all the AKA iPhone killers. Stop using that term. I'm not an Apple fanboy, in fact my one Apple product is hardly ever used, but the iPhone isn't going to be killed. There are plenty of people that are loyal to Apple that wont let the product die. Then there are plenty of other people who don't give a crap about who makes the phone that will keep the product alive.
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neotechniAug 25, 2010
"I don't have enough fingers and toes for all the AKA iPhone killers."
Count in binary
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
That website is so slow and s**tty. Sent my PC back to the stone ages.
davidtcAug 25, 2010
"Count in binary"
If that is what it takes to get the amount of phones needed to kill an iPhone, it sounds like all those other phones have problems of their own.
"Sales do not equal quality"
It does for the Android fanboys. Tell them that, not me.
khastAug 24, 2010
Droid, Droid 2, Droid X, Desire, Milestone. (And probably in the next 6 months, there will probably be another list of good Android based phones, and possibly some with higher resolution displays than the iPhone 4.)
And coming from a current iPhone user, I am ready to switch over to Android myself. The Droid X (Froyo 2.1) has many features that the iPhone doesn't, including turn by turn GPS, Speech recognition in just about every application, use Amazon and other MP3 stores, drag and drop, direct file access, use as an external storage device, home screen widgets, tethering (Without the blessing of the provider.)...Oh, and did I mention that I found it a lot easier to use than the iPhone. (Things just seemed to be in very logical places.)
deadsoldierAug 24, 2010
Froyo is Android version 2.2
khastAug 25, 2010
Sorry, my mistake. Even if, Android 2.x are more advanced than anything Apple has currently. (Back around 1.5 I would say the iPhone was better, but Android is advancing in leaps and bounds, the Android development team priority isn't about locking users out, rather they are adding new (often useful) features and ease of use to Android.
Apple is more concerned with keeping the sheep in line...and most updates are to seal up the holes to prevent jailbreaking. If Apple put 1/2 the effort they do for preventing jailbreaking into developing new features...it could actually stand up to the competition. (I can't think of any minor increment that has actually added any new features in iOS...it has all been "security" patches to prevent said jailbreaking.)
lukeatronAug 25, 2010
If they just gave you the minor incremental improvements, what would they sell you next year?
fuzzynyankoAug 25, 2010
Whew. I have been having mixed feelings about Google as well
vidar808Aug 25, 2010
Android apps are getting better daily. I use Droid x and it is great phone, hopefully the bootloader will be cracked soon.
appleofdischordAug 25, 2010
I love my nexus one, but you're probably off going with a newer phone at this point.
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
I got a HTC Desire(Bravo). I really love it. :)
etx313Aug 25, 2010
Go WebOS when Palm releases new hardware, rumored to be soon.
iam9376Aug 24, 2010
Sensationalist much?
breakawayAug 24, 2010
What's the problem? Once the jailbreak is out, there will be an app in the cyida store to disable this s**t anyway.
iam9376Aug 24, 2010
That's assuming it ever even makes it into the software. It, like many patents, may never make it into production..
srodolffAug 24, 2010
If you don't like it, don't buy it.
--Steve Jobs
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slipperyottterAug 24, 2010
Sent from your iPhone
slipperyottterAug 24, 2010
Sent from your iPhone
diggmeupplzAug 24, 2010
Sent from your iPhone, without your knowledge...
blipblipbeepAug 25, 2010
I have never purchased one of your crippled products Steve mate and never will as i do not want to perpetuate this reckless use of power in the form of total greed for information ownership. Its like this is your take on the big ©, and to tell the truth © is a little bit to tight. Lets not forget Google and friends of course . You have quite clearly Steve, driven your company to the top, in most of its given fields. So what gives? are you Steve, one of the bad guys now or is it you have always had the intention to try to control the worlds information. Ether way for shame Steve.
You know who i am.
cfuseAug 25, 2010
Don't worry, I didn't.
--Me
fhwqhgadsAug 24, 2010
The fanboys will make excuses for Apple like they always do. "business rights" "don't like it don't buy it" and all that s**t.
tommyrAug 24, 2010
I don't think there's a limit to the amount of paranoia some people have....
jbellaAug 24, 2010
Tell you what.. when it actually shows up on a phone.. then I will start making excuses for it. Until then, it's not even vaporware. It's just some random patent. Apple patents a lot of crazy s**t..
Here is an iBike:
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/08/apple-introduces-us-to-the-smart-bike.html
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digg2point0Aug 25, 2010
"Tell you what.. when it actually shows up on a phone.. then I will start making excuses for it."
Preemptive fanboyism!
When regular fanboyism just isn't enough.
rhuxleyAug 25, 2010
No s**t, just look at the XBox 360.
tommyrAug 24, 2010
Paranoia is a terrible thing folks. Implementing this would seriously hurt Apple in a HUGE way. I don't think Steve is that stupid. Apple haters should calm the f**k down. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kaykfrinkAug 24, 2010
That is true, but it begs the question of why did they file the patent?
tommyrAug 24, 2010
Companies file patents ALL the time and a lot of times the item never gets made or radically changes by the time it does get made.
jbellaAug 24, 2010
Because companies like to file patents. When I worked in a large company we got a bonus every time we submitted an patentable idea to our patents department.
Here is a patent for an iBike.. do you think Apple is seriously going to get into the bicycle business?
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/08/apple-introduces-us-to-the-smart-bike.html
csbookAug 24, 2010
Because companies encourage employees to file as many patents as they can regardless of if they are used. Then they sort through them years later when they sue each other.
mrieggerAug 24, 2010
I don't think implementing it is the problem. I think the problem would be if there was no button to opt-in / out.
lukychmzAug 25, 2010
hmm k fanboy go back to your apple shrine
ronintetsuroAug 25, 2010
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quambAug 24, 2010
"In some embodiments, the owner of the electronic device can be notified of the unauthorized user by sending an alert notification through any suitable medium...."
This is anti-theft, not anti-jailbreak or some spying conspiracy.
Continue the bashing though....Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
topcat5Aug 24, 2010
Better not keep that Apple cell phone in the bedroom. You might find yourself starring in the next porno flick.
shozikuAug 25, 2010
the bedroom is ok, I sleep there. now of course I'd never keep one in the kitchen or bathroom or basement, or laundry room, or utility closet, or attic...
xtanuAug 24, 2010
I love this idea! at last, somebody is thinking about making the world secure! How about streaming the collected contents (pics, video, heatbeat rate, voice data, vibration data etc.) to a few web pages? Once this is done, then it would be very easy for the rest of the world to "digg"/"undigg" and decide if the I am authorized to use my phone or not .. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
riverstyxAug 24, 2010
The funniest part? People are paying for this 'privilege' out of pocket, hundreds and hundreds of dollars at a time.
kanabiisAug 24, 2010
All your iPhone belong to Apple.....
Nothing like paying 200.00+ for hardware that doesn't even belong to you.
kraken2003Aug 24, 2010
And then paying $600 over 2 years for a mandatory data plan that charges by the MB. I wonder if 'them' spying on you counts towards your bandwidth....
dauntless1Aug 25, 2010
iAds does. And there are still idiots supporting the idea.
ronintetsuroAug 25, 2010
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mrnaturalAug 24, 2010
Why can't these f**k-wads be satisfied making billions of dollars off of us? Seems like there is no invasion of privacy too insignificant for them to give it a try.
Keep dicking around and I'll launch my $400 iPhone as close to orbit as I can f**king get it.
Believe me I can live without phone and internet...We did it before.
(Loads shotgun and mounts horse)
cloudaneAug 24, 2010
Well it's keeping the cynical anti-Apple crowd entertained, guess it serves a purpose.
All seems to have been blown out of proportion and context as usual - it's an anti-theft system which just happens to be possible to be used for anti-jailbreaking and so everyone somehow translates it to "evil Apple to detect and disable jailbroken iPhones!". I wonder if these are the same people who are (more rightly) saying that just because they use the internet doesn't mean they're guilty of stealing MP3s. Just because it's possible to do something with a technology doesn't mean that's its purpose in life.
It's also just a patent. Getting hysterical over this is not much different to getting hysterical over the US government having plans for what to do if they're attacked by some random country (which I remember some panic about a few years ago). Just because the plans are in place, to cover all bases, doesn't mean they're going to be implemented.
My stance on it (as an iPhone owner) is that I don't care that Apple make it difficult to jailbreak. Manufacturers have been making things difficult to open (physically, but similar concept) for decades, mostly to protect them from idiots breaking things and claiming it on warranty. It's a good idea; I'd probably do the same thing. If they started *disabling* jailbroken iPhones, and I mean literally doing it, not filing patents that could "possibly" be construed as thinking about it - that's when I'll care. Not before.
As an aside, its amazing how much people care (negatively) about something they don't even own. Just the thought of someone else owning one sends them into a rage. I guess if there's one thing worse than Apple zealots, it's anti-Apple zealots.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mrnaturalAug 25, 2010
There was a time when you bought a piece of hi-tech gear you also got full schematics and a repair manual that would allow you to troubleshoot and fix the problem yourself. I have a bench full of ham radio gear that is just so!
Yes, I'm capable of doing component level repairs on printed circuit boards with surface mount devices.
Now when you buy something hi tech, in reality all you are doing is leasing it and then find out they are trying to watch you too. Unacceptable!
fuzzynyankoAug 25, 2010
Of course. It's to prevent us to steal the phone we bought from Apple from Apple
cleverboyAug 25, 2010
@Cloudane
Exactly. It gets boring reading all the people who have nothing better to do. Glad you posted this, or I would have felt obligated to post at least one rational voice in this ocean of hyperventilating nerdgasms.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
phoompAug 25, 2010
It isn't too much of a stretch, given the stance that Apple has taken against jailbreakers in the past.
xxkidmidnightxxAug 25, 2010
You mean doing almost nothing?
phoompAug 25, 2010
I said "stance" not "actions". They may not have done anything against jailbreakers (other than break the jailbreak with software updates), but it's quite clear what they're stance is on jailbreaking:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-says-jailbreaking-is-illegal/
senornonoAug 24, 2010
better him than Schmidt
voodoodonutAug 24, 2010
Buried for fear mongering sensationalist spin, shoddy journalism, s**tty graphics...
This article has it all.
lukychmzAug 25, 2010
buried you for your fanboyism
voodoodonutAug 25, 2010
Buried for your assuming that because I think the article is s**t that I am an apple fanboy.
It is possible to disagree with an article AND the subject of the article as well.
Simply put, the article is s**t. It's junk food for the fearful conspiritorialists (if Palin can invent words, so can I) and I will bury anything like it. And before the EFF supporters assume that I am stepping all over EFF, I am not. This is all about the author and their choice of approaches to delivering the information. I happen to agree with EFF and am inclined to disagree with apple, even though I haven't read an article on the subject that was objective and impartial yet.
So... Neener neener beanie wiener. X-pComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
sdipaolaAug 25, 2010
None of that matterd - what matters is what one of the most trusted organizations looking out for us has to say. EFF has spoken and we should listen. They take our right very seriously.
milkmageAug 24, 2010
The most troubling part of this patent, to me, is the potential for Apple to take action against users who jailbreak. That does seem too invasive into your privacy. Using your own personal device against you may even make Apple's patent spyware a type of traitorware. Will it herald a pending iPocolypse?
take action against those who jailbreak? on what grounds?
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/27/242100/iphone-jailbreaking-not-illegal-says-us-government.htm
phoompAug 25, 2010
They'd probably try to do it on the same grounds that allows them not to provide warranty support for jailbroken devices.
Jailbreaking doesn't have to be illegal for them to do something about it. Now, whether or not Apple can legally damage your device, that's an altogether different question.
milkmageAug 25, 2010
they've have almost 4 years to do something about the JB community, and haven't.. NOW they're going to start?.. when JBing is totally legal?
nevermind the part where the don't/didn't need a patent to detect a non-apple OS - it's NOT HARD.. they could have bricked every phone and sent C&D's to the sites hosting the software.
this patent covers biometrics.. since when is your face necessary to detect unsigned software?
warraty violation? maybe.. but the RESTORE TO FACTORY button in iTunes kind of makes it moot, no? You'd be an idiot to try to get a phone fixed w/ JB OS installed. The smart user does their best to wipe any electonic device before turning it in for service - the fastest/easiest way to do that is restore to factory settings.
phoompAug 25, 2010
IF it is a goal of this patent to address jailbreakers, then it's probably *because* jailbreaking has been declared a legal activity.
mabakerbrakerAug 25, 2010
You mean take action like Google did nuking remotely two apps recently?
Apple didn’t do such thing. Google did. Digg remained silent.
akeldamaAug 25, 2010
Does Apple 'preemptively nuke' apps by not allowing them in the first place? How's that Google Voice app working out for you?
neotechniAug 25, 2010
How can a heartbeat identify me? Normally my heartbeat is ~1/sec, but what if it's an emergency? It goes up. It no longer identifies me?
Heartbeats aren't unique, or a constantComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
shozikuAug 25, 2010
but a heartbeat can tell if you're interested in an advertisement they placed on your screen, or just about any reaction to what you see. But even so, Apple claims they can identify you from your heartbeat because it somehow has something unique to it.
8347Aug 25, 2010
More over NFL. Steve Jobs bashing is now the number one sport in America!!
dauntless1Aug 25, 2010
If only he didn't make it so easy.
ronintetsuroAug 25, 2010
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lukychmzAug 25, 2010
the apple PR disaster train just keeps on chugging down the track woo wooooooo
three cheers for cancer
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
and sales will continue to skyrocket, cause people just don't give a damn
DaftPunkJusticeAug 25, 2010
I know the article didn't mention it, but I've always thought Genius was sending info to Apple about your library not just so they could help make you playlists, but so they could find music you're illegally downloading. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but it seems like a pretty reasonable possibility now.
inc595Aug 25, 2010
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d3dmAug 25, 2010
If it truly was Steve Jobs watching these iPhone owners, they would all be fighting over face time with the guy...
"Steeeeeve! Look at me! Look at me, Steeeeve!"
sdipaolaAug 25, 2010
why isn't this illegal. how is this different that ford remotely disabling your car forever because you did not use ford branded gas.
apple = evil.
xxkidmidnightxxAug 25, 2010
Oh jesus f**king christ....
You stupid nerds. Its not OMG APPLE IS SPYING ON YOU. Its a f**king patent that hasnt been implemented yet that allows YOU, THE CUSTOMER, NOT APPLE, to shut down your phone in case it gets stolen. Its anti-theft technology.
God damn, I bet 9/10ths of you aspergers patients didnt even read the patent. Nope, its way easier to just go DURRRR APPLE IS EVIL DURRRRComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
blatsekAug 25, 2010
It's so funny what little doing things like this matter. No one in the real world cares or knows about this s**t. We are always in an uproar and it doesn't effect anything. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
starshipAug 25, 2010
call me a fanboy, i don't have an iphone yet, but from how i look at this here is a situation where this could actually be usefull:
Your iPhone gets stolen, unlocked, jailbroken and someone is trying to get your information off of it. the mobileMe remote wipe won't work because it has been disabled through the jailbreak. you're screwed. oh, no, wait, there is another way for apple to protect your data and another deterrent to stop people from stealing your phone in the first place.
that smash and grab job that those guys pulled at the apple store, stealing all the demo phones, they are bricked now and the police will be able to track the location of the phones.
i seriously doubt that they will be bricking the average user who has a jailbroken phone many are still buying apps through the app store and using the apps that will have iAds built in.
it's all in the patent if you take the time to read it.
"Accordingly, if the electronic device is lost or stolen, the loss of the electronic device can be exceedingly disruptive to the owner's peace of mind and security. Thus, the owner may desire to find out where the lost electronic device is located or who may have gained possession of or stolen the electronic device. "
quit being so paranoid.
xxkidmidnightxxAug 25, 2010
That is exactly what its for.
Hyperventilating nerds just love to freak out over Apple. It was the same way back in the 90s for microsoft (maybe not this bad though, because for some reason people with aspergers have always really hated apple).
yourmanstanAug 26, 2010
there are already apps for that and they require consent of the owner.... i don't think counting a thief's heartbeat is going to help us find him... they already hade the ability to find lost/stolen phones
starshipAug 26, 2010
ok, scenario: you are a rather important person in a company, you have a good reputation, and someone is out to tear you down, they steal your phone and intend to send out some emails that could undermine your position on a topic, or your reputation. they have your phone in hand, but aren't allowed to send an email or make a phone call because your phone knows that you aren't the one holding it. i think that would be a rather good feature to have. or rather it would be if i were important enough for anyone to want to f**k with me.
srg13Aug 26, 2010
Also, it's just a patent. They file hundreds of these a year, but don't implement most of them...
If Apple was actually planning to use this in a product (which they may or may not in the future) it might be sensible to discuss this but right now people are crying over nothing...
maxijazz99Aug 25, 2010
This is patent application, not a feature of iPhone. Reading skill is dying...
BTW. Google don't focuses on developing new features, only on creating new and improving current spying technics in Android, dumasses...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountAug 25, 2010
Stevie boy will then be able to spy on all his fanbois fapping to their hearts content....
Ohhhh Steve......whose your daddy
rawoystersAug 25, 2010
This is why I don't buy Apple products anymore. They are constantly tightening the handcuffs.
ultmastAug 26, 2010
Maybe that _is_ why, but this isn't really an example of them doing that.
johnnysoftwareAug 25, 2010
The evolution of where all the digg.com post pages accept JavaScript from is a real eye opener, especially given the recent twist.
EFF seems to have tunnel vision lately.
jrwpersonalAug 25, 2010
Wait a tick. I agree with the idea that we should not have to live in fear of someone utilizing technology to spy on us, and I would not defend Apple's use of this technology to do anything illegal or immoral, but the fact that Apple is trying to patent the idea does not, even remotely, suggest they intend any nefarious purpose. A patent is an outline of an invention (one they may not deserve ... but that is a different story)
The fact is that the technology exists to do this, whether patented by Apple or not. If you think for a moment that your cell phone (iPhone, Android, or old fashioned brick phone) is not providing tons of data about you right now, you are sadly naive.
The EFF are good people, but, in this case, they are a little late in worrying about the wolf that might be knocking at the door when the rest of the pack is sneaking in the basement window undetected. Perhaps they should continue to concentrate on wiretapping & illegal search case law which is the only real protection we have in the US, short of turning off the devices, from people who might want to "spy" on us using the tech in our pockets.
yourmanstanAug 26, 2010
just like how the body scanning machines were not capable of storing images... nooo they would never do something terrible like that...
oddishAug 25, 2010
Buried for blogspam. Just read the EFF article ffs.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/steve-jobs-watching-you-apple-seeking-patent-0
ubitendoAug 25, 2010
Apple fanboys will now hate the EFF....
mabakerbrakerAug 25, 2010
Let’s see this article get dugg up till 1000+ while all the Google drones buried every single one about Google’s privacy disaster.
akeldamaAug 25, 2010
It is possible to dislike what BOTH Apple and Google are doing?
matt11952Aug 25, 2010
GOOGLE DRONES GOOD ONE