[LINK] iPhone can kill apps Apple doesn't like...

[Rick Welykochy]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:

> Via The Register, an interesting blog entry...
> http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/08/06/iphone-can-phone-home-and-kill-apps/
> 
> Ahhh, the cargo cult again ...

More like supposition and FUD.

There is only one entry in the blacklist, dated 2004. Looks like a test entry.

<https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps>

And there is no evidence that Apple has programmed the iPhone to
call home and make use of this list. Just supposition on the part
of the blogger and author Zdziarski.

"the device can phone home"  (does it? prove it!)
"This suggests that the iPhone calls home" (why does it suggest that?)
"by all appearances" (wow! actual scientific proof in that statement)
"if Apple so chooses" (uh huh ... I'm bored now)


cheers
rickw



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