Apple's iPhone "kill switch" has prompted much hand-wringing, despite the fact that no one knows exactly what it does. But the thing is, we just don't know.
Until Apple explains why it has included this function, or an application appears on the blackli
st and is wiped from someone's phone, it's all just the usual leaping to conclusions on a sleepy Friday in August, as reported on CNET.
An independent iPhone developer and author recently discovered a URL while poking around inside the iPhone 2.0 software that downloads a list of "malicious" applications every so often to the iPhone.
Several outlets quickly seized on this detail as proof that Apple is poised to remotely disable any application running on the iPhone that it finds unpalatable.
Before we get into the ways in which Apple might use the blacklist, let's remember that we don't know a damn thing about how this actually works.
There are several explanations for what Apple might be up to.
If you want to know more, head over to CNET.
Until Apple explains why it has included this function, or an application appears on the blackli
st and is wiped from someone's phone, it's all just the usual leaping to conclusions on a sleepy Friday in August, as reported on CNET.An independent iPhone developer and author recently discovered a URL while poking around inside the iPhone 2.0 software that downloads a list of "malicious" applications every so often to the iPhone.
Several outlets quickly seized on this detail as proof that Apple is poised to remotely disable any application running on the iPhone that it finds unpalatable.
Before we get into the ways in which Apple might use the blacklist, let's remember that we don't know a damn thing about how this actually works.
There are several explanations for what Apple might be up to.
If you want to know more, head over to CNET.
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Man I need a Kill Switch in our phone systems!
you don't pay i start killing off phones I deem seized!
haha