Apple confirms iPhone’s application kill switch

August 11th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

The rumors about an application blacklisting mechanism were true: Apple has confirmed what everybody knew, but most importantly, they explained why: that is to protect iPhone users from “malicious” (or unwanted?) software. It’s not surprising that Apple wants to have a mechanism that will allow the company to exert control by its platform. That’s what console

makers have been doing all along, although under a different anatomy. The question is: will Apple use that “nuke” and under which circumstances.

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