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iPhone can phone home and kill apps?
Apple has apparently included a blacklisting mechanism in iPhone OS 2.x via which the device can phone home, check for unauthorized applications, and disable them. The OS includes a URL that points to a page containing a list of unauthorized applications, specifically: https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps Per Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the book iPhone Open Application ...
iPhone Buzz Kill | Mac
iPhone Buzz Kill | Mac
maclife.com — If you're like me, your iPhone is docked dangerously close to one (or both) of your speakers.... For as long as I’ve owned my iPhone, it’s held a permanent spot on my desk in its dock adjacent to one of my JBL Creature speakers. My cell phone is my ... (more) iPhone Buzz Kill | Mac
Steve Jobs: 60 million iPhone apps downloaded, confirms kill switch
Steve Jobs: 60 million iPhone apps downloaded, confirms kill switch
engadget.com — Steve Jobs, presumably speaking from a hyperbaric chamber where he's being nourished with an infusion of liquified... developer-souls before his next public appearance, had a few interesting tidbits about the AppStore for the Wall Street Journal this ... (more) Steve Jobs: 60 million iPhone apps downloaded, confirms ...
Rumor: Apple Can Disable Apps On Your iPhone
therawfeed.com — Apple built a "blacklisting mechanism" into iPhone OS 2.x that instructs phones to connect to Apple, ask... what applications have been blacklisted, then DISABLE THOSE APPLICATIONS ON THE iPHONE . ( iPhone Atlas ) (more) Rumor: Apple Can Disable Apps On Your iPhone
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Apple Can Remotely Disable Apps Installed on Your iPhone [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo — ... (or explanation) from the App Store. But Jonathan Zdziarsi, the author of iPhone Forensics, says that Apple can actually remotely disable apps installed on your iPhone. Apparently, there's a blacklist URL in the iPhone's OS that he says "suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while to find out what applications it should turn off." ...

Rumor: Apple Can Disable Apps On Your iPhone
The Raw Feed — Apple built a "blacklisting mechanism" into iPhone OS 2.x that instructs phones to connect to Apple, ask what applications have been blacklisted, then DISABLE THOSE APPLICATIONS ON THE iPHONE. ( ...

Researcher Uncovers iPhone App “Kill Switch”
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — iphone3g.jpg By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Remember NetShare, the iPhone tethering app that went up, down, up, and finally down (probably forever)? It turns out, even though some users managed to snag it before Apple took it down, if they wanted to, they could remotely blacklist and kill the app. Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the upcoming book iPhone Forensics , has revealed an URL that he suggests Apple is using to keep a list of any “offending” applications: https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps . Right ...

Apple puede deshabilitar aplicaciones en tu iPhone sin tu consentimiento
Celularis — ... Hasta ahora sólo se sabía que Apple podía eliminar una aplicación de la tienda, pero ahora se ha descubierto un código en el firmware del iPhone 3G que permitiría deshabilitar aplicaciones remotamente en el equipo al sincronizarlo, incluso si esas aplicaciones hubieran sido ...

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