To those techy-savy lovers of Apple's iPhone people out there... Here a shocking revelation on your very phenomenal gadget.
I don't know if this apple's failure in implementing security measures. But it is true. Apple's iPhone 3G Phone has "security lapses" which Apple "on their part" tries to fix by controlling remotely each iPhones by what they have just announced as a "KILL SWITCH". This "kill switch" according to Apple is integrated on iPhones to remove remotely malicious software/applications that is not listed provider or partner of Apple.
But the question why this fact it is not emphasized to be known by growing number of consumers raises an issue. What are facts on this gadget that we still don't know and it still hidden to us (consumers) by Apple? Also this raises a question on the part of consumers who store delicate data/information their iPhones. Can Apple also see this data? Possibly yes... And the fact that Apple can control what should and what should not be in each individual's iPhones is really a "intruding act" by Apple on this very phenomenal gadget.
Here's a the link iPhone's kill switch story and a video.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that the iPhone 3G has a kill switch that can remotely remove software from the devices.
Jobs told The Wall Street Journal that Apple needs the capability in case it inadvertently allows a malicious program -- such as an application that steals user's personal data -- to be distributed to iPhones through its App Store.
"Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull," Jobs said........ But the real controversy started when Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the books iPhone Open Application Development and iPhone Forensics Manual, discovered a URL buried in Apple's firmware. That URL links to a file dubbed "unauthorizedApps" where malicious or simply bad apps might go once they disappear from the App Store.
According to Zdziarski, I Am Rich isn't the only app to disappear. BoxOffice (renamed to Now Playing) and NullRiver's NetShare were also removed. But removing the applications from the App Store and removing them from a consumer's iPhone are two different issues.
"The kill switch is a very controlling gesture. I am not sure why Apple didn't disclose it up front as simply a security measure," said Avi Greengart, an analyst at Current Analysis. "Consumers will accept an awful lot if you let them know what they are accepting."
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