I'd love to see the official response to Apple be that any device for which the manufacturer claims such ability should be considered a munition and therefore be considered a controlled substance.
Followed by a permanent injunction until which time Apple can clearly demonstrate their phones are not capable of such damage by nefarious organizations. Calling their bluff like that would serve them right. -sc -----Original Message----- From: Marc Maiffret [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT]-Apple's UnFairPlay? There is of course this other new gem from Apple today in which they say Jailbreak iPhones could be used to crash cell towers and therefore is the reason it should be banned. iPhone Jail Break Cyberterrorism$%$% Were all gona die! http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/jailbreak/ -Marc Maiffret On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Steven M. Caesare<[email protected]> wrote: > This is an older article, but I just ran across a reference to it while > reading about Apple's rejection of Google's Voice app for the iPhone[1]. > > > > MS has long been criticized for using it's OS advantage as a lever for > application lock in by having access to private API's, etc... It's part of > what the detractors like to use as evidence of their being the evil empire... > unlike Apple. Or not: > http://daringfireball.net/2008/11/google_mobile_uses_private_iphone_apis > > > > I'd like Apple a lot more if they (or their proponents) wouldn't play up > their "pure as the driven snow" stuff so much. > > > > -sc > > > > [1]- The current Google app rejection is interesting in itself... likely > motivated NOT by concern for end users as much as protecting it's financial > relationship with AT&T with whom the Google app might be seen as a > competitor... > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
