Guest tsutton Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Apple's Ability to Deactivate Malicious App Store Apps With the recent discussions about Apple closing down some software from the AppStore, one man - Jonathan Zdziarski - found something while looking inside the iPhone's operating system. And it seems that sneaky Apple went a bit further - it "phone home" to Apple server to check if there are any unauthorised software are installed on your iPhone. From Macrumors...When Apple launched the App Store, they suggested that the use of DRM'd and signed applications could allow them to protect the iPhone from malicious applications and suggested that they could deactivate such applications remotely. Jonathan Zdziarski, author of iPhone Forensics, reveals (via iPhone Atlas) the remote url that Apple is using to keep a list of the offending applications The address is https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps but currently it is not showing anything. What do you think of Apple's sneaky methods? Do you agree with it? [Via: MacRumors] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paholman Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I agree with the concept of this feature but it should be made clear to all iPhone users whhen they connect to the AppStore. It's the same principle as a Product Recall so a user should have the option whether to enable or disable this feature and also if any app was removed/recalled, all buyers should get a full refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsutton Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 An update on this story... http://daringfireball.net/2008/08/core_location_blacklist Basically, it is saying that it is to prevent any listed apps from accessing Core Location — an API which, for obvious privacy reasons, is covered by very strict rules in the iPhone SDK guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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