Apple blacklisting unauthorized iPhone apps and can dissable them remotely
By Aaron Besson at 6 August, 2008, 1:01 pm
What? Thats what I thought when I read this article over on iPhoneAtlas.com. I had to read it a couple times for it really to sink in, and I think it’s because I was a little shocked.
It seems that iPhone Software Developer/Author Jonathan Zdziarski was experimenting with his iPhone 3G and has uncovered deep within the CoreLocation preferences, that the iPhone will remotely access this address: https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApp - to check if any unauthorized or blacklisted apps are running on your iPhone -
WTF?
“This suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while to find out what applications it should
turn off. At the moment, no apps have been blacklisted, but by all appearances, this has been added to disable applications that the user has already downloaded and paid for, if Apple so chooses to shut them down.
“I discovered this doing a forensic examination of an iPhone 3G. It appears to be tucked away in a configuration file deep inside CoreLocation.”
WOW - Read the original article here
Looks like big brother is watching you, and knows what you are up to. This means that all those people that have apps that have been removed from the Appstore for one reason or another, may have to watch their back, Apple may remotely dissable those apps. - wow.
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WTF
Yeah, as much as I love Apple, I have to say its really going far with authentic stuff. It even tries to tell us that its not true, but here is the proof. Apple even stated that it takes no interest in preventing jailbreaking. Bullshit. This is what they use to kind of check, or try to prevent jailbreak.
blackravenplace.net, give us a visit!
I am not sure if this will be for apps installed via cydia and installer, although I am sure they may try or will monitor that too.. who knows where this will lead, but i am sure some lawyer is going to spearhead a case saying that it is an invasion of privacy or something..
if Apple has decided to take an app down for whatever reason, you purchased it, do they have the right to stop you from using it. If a supermarket stops selling a brand of milk (for its own reasons), can they come and take it away from you or tell you not to use it?
let’s see where this one goes. thanks for commenting Serguei