Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobbydaler
Apple patents remote disabling of jailbroken phones.
Including taking your picture & logging your location!
Link |
The article sounds a little scaremongery to me.
Apple has applied for a patent for methods to differentiate between authorised and unauthorised users, and enable unauthorised users to be locked out. One of the things which can be looked for is whether the device has been Jailbroken, but it's not a case of "Apple are going to remotely disable Jailbroken iPhones!" as some on the 'net seem to think.
Calmer article:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...-ios-users.ars
Jailbreaking your iPhone or other device is 100% legal now in the US, no more grey area. There's no way that Apple could get away with locking people out of their own legally owned & legally Jailbroken phones.