Comments on: Much ado about the iPhone's 'kill switch'

The discovery of a URL that appears to blacklist iPhone applications sent the Internet into a tizzy, despite the fact that the person who discovered it isn't sure how Apple intends to use it.

[Philstera]

Typical apple the most secretive company on earth, what are they scared of? Why cant they be open with their products?

I wwouldn't touch the iphone with a barge pole and I dont trust $teve Job$ one bit.

[AppleSuxLeo]

He IS the new face of EVIL.

[technewsjunkie]

SPECULATION.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Mr Whipple is the new guy to hate...he IS evil after all.
Apple is a joke. Imagine if you could only run MSFT apps on your PC. People wouldn`t put up with that. Apple tries to scare newbies into thinking only Apple apps are good enough to run on their China-made hardware. It`s just a scam to rip-off the consumer by charging at least 50% MORE for their Chinese junk.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Mr Whipple is the new guy to hate...he IS evil after all.
Apple is a joke. Imagine if you could only run MSFT apps on your PC. People wouldn`t put up with that. Apple tries to scare newbies into thinking only Apple apps are good enough to run on their China-made hardware. It`s just a scam to rip-off the consumer by charging at least 50% MORE for their Chinese junk.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Mr Whipple is the new guy to hate...he IS evil after all.
Apple is a joke. Imagine if you could only run MSFT apps on your PC. People wouldn`t put up with that. Apple tries to scare newbies into thinking only Apple apps are good enough to run on their China-made hardware. It`s just a scam to rip-off the consumer by charging at least 50% MORE for their Chinese junk.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Mr Whipple is the new guy to hate...he IS evil after all.
Apple is a joke. Imagine if you could only run MSFT apps on your PC. People wouldn`t put up with that. Apple tries to scare newbies into thinking only Apple apps are good enough to run on their China-made hardware. It`s just a scam to rip-off the consumer by charging at least 50% MORE for their Chinese junk.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Mr Whipple is the new guy to hate...he IS evil after all.
Apple is a joke. Imagine if you could only run MSFT apps on your PC. People wouldn`t put up with that. Apple tries to scare newbies into thinking only Apple apps are good enough to run on their China-made hardware. It`s just a scam to rip-off the consumer by charging at least 50% MORE for their Chinese junk.

[SixVodkas]

AppleSuxLeo must be using Windows to post post post post his drivel.

Thanks for showing the world how good it really is!

[dhavleak]

@ Tom Kraznit (the author):

Dude -- you're totally unbelievable. "Much Ado"? Because we don't know if/how this kill-switch will actually be used by apple? Instead you should explain to us why you aren't concerned about the following:
- No disclosure from apple
- We don't know if they are profiling application usage
- Apple shouldn't be using our network bandwidth for things like this without our approval
- Overall complete lack of transparency and respect for customers on Apple's behalf

"One more thing" indeed. What on earth is it about Apple that prompts some people to lower their guard. Any other company (not just Microsoft -- any other) and you'd be screaming bloody murder by now. But for Apple you don't just turn the other cheek -- you offer a pathetic "we don't know a damn thing" type of justification in their defense? Just Wow!

[Tom Krazit]

I didn't justify Apple's actions, nor did I condemn them. I simply said that people always assume the worst and spin conspiracy theories without actually taking the time to examine what might actually be happening.

There's no "n" in my last name, by the way.

[fdunn3]

So I'm a neutral but it seems to me that Apple should have that ability to prevent rogue apps from hindering an otherwise excellent product.
As an IT enterprise manager I find this a step in the right direction toward managing the iPhone.

[zextron]

"we don't know a damn thing about how this actually works", yes and Apple is VERY silent... I wonder if this was a Microsoft phone...

[benjaminstraight]

More Iphone drama.

[hypermark]

Personally, I think that this is Apple's version of Border Control for access to the iPhone Universe. As I believe that governance is part of the equation, I say hurrah!

In fact, I just posted on this aspect of the topic:

iPhone Universe: Network Borders, Kill Switches and The Core Location
http://thenetworkgarden.blogs.com/weblog/2008/08/iphone-universe.html

Check it out if interested.

Cheers,

Mark

[Tsee-1968031069905097881578618]

Can Apple fanboys ever object to anything the company does? This sort of egregious monopolistic behaviors wouldn't have been tolerated elsewhere. Come on, if you don't make any constructive criticisms, it's only going to get worse. Wake up, Steve Jobs wants your money. At least get what it's worth. Or at least no more master kill. Gee.

[sting7k]

Is anyone really surprised? This is Apple we are talking about, they have to have total control if you haven't noticed by now. And they can't let people have to much fun, this is their fun limiter.

[Perry_Clease]

"by sting7k August 8, 2008 6:39 AM
Is anyone really surprised? This is Apple we are talking about, they have to have total control if you haven't noticed by now. And they can't let people have to much fun, this is their fun limiter."

That statemenmakes perfect sense. You want to play a game on your iPhone? BAM! Apple kicks you right in the teeth and remotely disables your program.

[mishmash0101]

I am sitting here laughing! If MS did something like this, everyone would be blogging this to death! But Apple can do no wrong in most of the worlds eye, including blatant censorship, and no one complains. Where is the outrage? So much for Apple standing for anything other than pure corporarte profit and greed. They should move into the oil business.

[KinichAhau]

Really, this shouldn't be so incredibly shocking that anyone's talking about this.

Yes, they have total control. They always have. Yes, people would blog this to death if M$ went and did it. Personally I think we could do with a lot less of *gasp* both companies.

Now, anyone for Linux?

[salli-d]

If this is true, would Apple not be able to stop iPhone Jailbreaking? Wouldn't they have been able to stop it all along? Just a thought.

[llamaking12]

well the fact is it would be illegal if your were to jailbrake it and they shut it off is your iphone and they cant by law moderate how you do it there prolly isnt 1 they just want to scare you into not doing 1 but anyway it would be illegal for apple to do that

[blackpineapple]

So did i buy my iphone or did i lease it from apple? Its my phone so why should someone remotely be able to mess with my phone?