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« on: August 12, 2008, 09:17:39 PM »

Man, What will the folks at apple think of next, eh?

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Can Apple "kill switch" zap an app off your iPhone?
The big buzz in the blogosphere is about the Apple iPhone "Kill Switch." The "switch" is believed to be a mechanism that can be updated remotely (no syncing required) by Apple and can disable any application running on an iPhone at any time.
8/12/2008 7:00:00 AM By: Brennon Slattery and Dan Moren

Apple wields ultimate control over applications running on your iPhone. If it doesn't like an app it flips a "kill switch" that zaps an unpalatable iTunes App off your iPhone in a heart beat.

At least that's the buzz today in the blogosphere about a line of code found inside Apple's iPhone 2.0 software by independent iPhone developer Jonathan Zdziarski.

Issues surrounding Apple's supposed Orwellian-control over your iPhone have been popping up as iTunes applications have surfaced, disappeared, and resurfaced in recent weeks.

The iPhone "Kill Switch" is a separate matter. It is theorized to be a mechanism that can be updated remotely (no syncing required) by Apple and can disable any application running on an iPhone at any time.

As of today, iPhone tethering NetShare, movie listing generator BoxOffice, and the idiotic $1000 "I Am Rich" app-which did absolutely nothing-have vanished from the iTunes App Store without notice.

NetShare has been one of those on-again, off-again applications, which was yanked twice from the App Store twice. 

This is why I am sticking with Alltel instead of converting to AT&T. Well at least until Verizontel - (name I made up for what the new alltel/verizon company may be named. lol) -tells me I can only have 5GB of data usage per month.

The application lets iPhone owners share the phone's EDGE or 3G cellular Internet connection with a notebook computer - each time it was taken down with no explanation from Apple.

NetShare is an application whose use Apple was not wholly in favor of, but that made its repeated appearances all the more perplexing.

But around the same time, a second application disappeared as well: movie lookup program Box Office.
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 08:44:54 AM »

What gets failed to mention here is the little bit of code that is used to disable apps is in core.location services, its there so it can disable a malicious app, from finding out exactly where you are with the GPS, and then sending that information back to who ever. If this wasn't there it would be really stupid on apples part.

And if it was really what everyone is making it out to be, then why isn't that stupid I am rich app in there, or netshare? Because its used for only malicious apps.

And its not apple who's not in favor of netshare its AT&T. They don't allow tethering in there TOS. They want you to buy there laptop connect card.
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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 12:15:36 AM »

now how funny would it be if a group of hackers started to get access to this and started deleting random IPhud users apps. OMG i will be laughing my ass off for this !
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 03:15:36 AM »

  Very true dlewis, I, sir, see your point. It is a bit of useful code. One hack and the entire network could go down, so that system is in place. And about the tethering thing with AT&T, I wasn't trying to seem like I was slamming Steve Jobs or Apple at all. I was slamming AT&T. I thing one should be able to tether their phone, especially for someone in my situation where all there is available is 56k dial up. Well, and satellite, wildblue, i think it is, or Hughes. I am content paying $25 per month for unlimited data usage with Alltel. When Verizon and Alltel finally merge though, I am sure they will put a 5GB cap on it, as well as charge a whole lot more.
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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2008, 04:24:11 AM »

there is an app called bossprefs, it turns that killswitch off  grin
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