Apple Could Remotely Kill iPhone Apps

Phone checks in for instructions on bad seeds, blogger finds
By Sam Biddle,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 7, 2008 5:05 PM CDT
Apple Could Remotely Kill iPhone Apps
Apple has the ability to remotely remove software installed on users' iPhones.   (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)

Apple appears capable of remotely deactivating programs paid for and installed by iPhone users, Arnold Kim writes on MacRumors. The discovery was made when an iPhone user uncovered a hidden web address linked to a software blacklist maintained by Apple—presumably intended to screen malicious software from being used. “This suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while,” Kim points out. (More iPhone stories.)

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