Apple calls jailbreaking a possible terrrorist threat

[agentnnc]

Unlocking and jailbreaking of iPhones, since its advent has been giving Apple representatives sleepless nights and headaches; considering the number of times they have been caught unaware of the iPhone Dev team

 

[eldiablov]

This is exactly why I despise Apple.

 

[Ragnarok]

Some elements of what they are true

 

[Joey]

They might have a point, but then the same could be said about any open source phone.

Although, if it were up to Apple, open source OS's would be illegal, so who knows where they might try to take this.

 

[Adiuvo]

This sounds ridiculous. How much more anti-open source can you get?

 

[MenaceInc]

this sounds ridiculous. How much more anti-open source can you get?

ms?

 

[Joey]

ms?

Yeah, imagine that. A business is against something that threatens them. Bunch of assholes I tells ya.

 

[Freshmilk]

I suppose they do have some valid points, but making jailbreaking illegal in favour of Anti-Terrorism? That's a bit over the top. I guess they're getting desperate. :mellow:

 

[twelve]

Well if they offered the iphone on anything other than o2 over here then I wouldn't have needed to Jailbreak mine.

 

[Adiuvo]

Yeah, imagine that. A business is against something that threatens them. Bunch of assholes I tells ya.

Mentioning terrorism in a time like these only degrades what it really is and what people are dying over to fight and get rid of.

 

[Trigun]

Apple, I think that's a bit too far. It might the point where we can just say. "Fuck you apple, we paid for it, We should be able to use it how we want"

 

[futuregator15]

This is so far fetched and ridiculous in every way.. There is no way that your going to use there iPhone to take down a cellular tower.. Apple is really going hard against iPhone jailbreaking but there not going to keep people from jailbreaking! I love apple products but Apple as a company needs to quit trying to be such a dictator on their products. Allow Jailbreaking or allow some type of customization to the iphone to where we can code our own extensions to springboard. Extensions with the capability that background, springboard, SBSettings, BiteSMS, and fellow apps provide. Allow OS X to be run on non-apple hardware, and LOOSEN THE APP STORE APPROVAL PROCESS! damnnn

Rant end.

 

[Zero]

Terrorism. That's a new one. :/

This is just a desperate attempt to stop unlocking. The idea of a group of people using an iPhone to DDoS a cell tower sounds rediculous.

 

[_Syn]

Maybe if their overpriced products weren't so overpriced then there won't be a need to jailbreak.

Y'know what? Fuck you Pear! (or whatever fruit you are)

 

[agentnnc]

I think it's stupid because a lot of people in my area bought the ipod touch for the level of customisation that can be achieved AFTER jailbreaking.

 

[xploren]

I think it's stupid because a lot of people in my area bought the ipod touch for the level of customisation that can be achieved AFTER jailbreaking.

This is about the iPhone, not the Touch. They're two different things, albeit terribly similar.

 

[agentnnc]

True, my mistake. However I would have bought the phone whithout contract if it wasn't double the price then my itouch.