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| The Opaque Side of Apple; No, Not OUR apple | |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 7 2008, 05:43 AM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 7 2008, 05:50 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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I thought this was going to be about Steve Jobs. You've probably read that during their last earnings call when they were asked about his health they said 'Steve Jobs' health is a private matter'. One analyst said "I took that to mean Steve Jobs has cancer again." |
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| George K | Aug 7 2008, 06:01 AM Post #3 |
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Finally
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Interesting co-incidence that I came accross this today... Apple May Remotely Nuke your iPhone Apps. 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 that this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus (Techmeme). 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, but the risk-reward is clearly in Apple’s favor. Let’s recap: Risk: You deactivate apps and annoy customers. Impact: Minimal. iPhone customers will stick. Reward: By having this deactivation “feature” Apple garners some enterprise credibility. Yes, it’s DRM run amok, but if you’re a company you like a little remote wiping action. Reward: Apple has some control over security. Let’s face it folks. QuickTime and Safari aren’t the most secure applications every written. Apple is a big target. And a malicious app disguised as a legit piece of software could iBrick the iPhone army. That’s a dangerous scenario for Apple considering the company has had its hiccups (MobileMe anyone?). Reward: Apple has a reputation to maintain. Apple is a walled garden. You get integrated hardware and software and a great interface. Apple controls everything. That’s part of the deal. If blacklisted applications were to diminish the Apple experience with crappy software a lot of the company’s secret sauce would be wasted. Add it up and the reward category wins 3 to 1 over risk. Now Apple could revise its blacklist after complaints, but assuming the company doesn’t abuse its privileges the remote nuking capability may not be such a bad idea. As usual though, Apple operates in its own universe. Just imagine if Microsoft had a blacklist of apps and could nuke software remotely. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Aug 7 2008, 06:04 AM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Yep. But that's not a 3G thing, all other Apple phones had this problem as well. You know, this would be a perfect time to go into my "Steve Jobs is an asshole for doing this because look what he did when he first got into computers" rant, but meh, it'd just make me tired.
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| JBryan | Aug 7 2008, 06:06 AM Post #5 |
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I am the grey one
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There is a block in the new AWS spectrum for which the FCC rules explicitly bar this practice. It is called the Open platform Rule. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Aug 7 2008, 06:08 AM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I was not aware of this. Hooray FCC! They grow some bigger teeth and maybe we can even be buddies! |
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| JBryan | Aug 7 2008, 06:38 AM Post #7 |
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I am the grey one
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Of course, Google dangled the prospect of spending billions on licenses getting them to do that. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Axtremus | Aug 7 2008, 07:41 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Apple Inc.'s iPhone need not operate on the AWS spectrum. It's still too early to tell what, exactly, will get deployed on that spectrum. |
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| JBryan | Aug 7 2008, 07:54 AM Post #9 |
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I am the grey one
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Pretty much the same thing as on other spectrum. Anything goes. I am working on a deployment right now that is a fixed broadband data but it is UMTS so it could just as easily be mobile. I would be surprised if carriers did not deploy mobile systems on this spectrum even if it is restricted to data to augment their current systems. we have other clients who are preparing to use this spectrum just like their PCS spectrum. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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