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If Apple can disable third party apps remotely, who’s iPhone is it, anyway?

5 pointsby pbnaidualmost 17 years ago

7 comments

gmalmost 17 years ago
Seriously people, with Apple having the history it has, is anyone surprised by this? Honestly, anyone? This is like someone writing a blog post complaining that there are no clones for Apple hardware, or getting a cease and desist after posting a picture of some theoretical apple hardware product...
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nickdalmost 17 years ago
If used responsibly, I don't understand why this is a big deal. In my opinion it's a pretty smart thing to have in place (Though I would hope they would put some verification into the process in the future as not to be spoofed). Imagine if a malicious app did get out of hand. Every trash blog is drooling to write that very article. Apple's already had a perfect opportunity to use it in the very way we're all worried about (Netshare) and they haven't. If just makes me think that it's only purpose is to block applications that are malicious to the enduser and nothing else. I guess only time will really tell.
tptacekalmost 17 years ago
It's your iPhone, but until you disconnect it from AT&T's network and stop running Apple's software, Apple owns the runtime.
Hexstreamalmost 17 years ago
whose (I'm surprised that's the actual title of the article!)
evgenalmost 17 years ago
If Mozilla can disable third-party extensions remotely, whose browser is it, anyway?<p>[Anyone care to explain the difference between FireFox and the iPhone regarding how each product deals with rogue extensions?]
axodalmost 17 years ago
Is "Apple bashing" the new "Why twitter doesn't scale"?
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STHaydenalmost 17 years ago
Almost any device that connect to a network these days is really just something you are renting.