Thursday, August 7, 2008

Apple nukes apps remotely

Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G. The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked. Needless to say, this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus.

MacRumors notes that Apple has come under fire for removing App Store software without notification and the ability to simply deauthorize apps already installed on an iPhone is worrisome. iPhone Atlas points out that Jonathan Zdziarski found Apple’s blacklist in a forensic analysis of the iPhone 3G. Is this something to be outraged about? Yes, it’s creepy that iPhone can phone home and deactivate your apps.

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