iPhone Feature Discovered By Hacker Allows Apple To Remotely Disable Unwanted Apps

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 01:09 PM

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According to iPhone hacker Jonathan Zdziarski, Apple has prepared a blacklisting system which allows the company to remotely disable applications on any iPhone device. Apparently, the new 2.x firmware contains a URL which points to a page containing a list of “unauthorized” apps, a move which suggests that the device makes occasional contact with Apple’s servers to see if anything is incorrect on your phone.

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