Jailbreak your iphone? Apple "Traitorware" soon to take care of that!

[Cyan.]

http://www.news.com.au/technology/apple-traitorware-can-take-your-photo-and-shut-down-your-jailbroken-iphone-ipad/story-e6frfro0-1225909901032


This is seriously out of control shit...

I dont personally own any apple products, because i enjoy consumer freedom. But this is just nuts!

 

[pope_of_larry]

reed it but dose any one know if they can get to my i pod touch?

 

[Cherry Cola]

This isn't nuts, it's just extreme.

Nuts would be if the iPhone explodes in your face when you try to jailbreak it.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

Well done, guys!

You feed the fucking dragon and you're surprised when it does this. Could've just bought a normal phone, right?

 

[nYuknYuknYuk]

Lol at the second comment

"this is all done to ensure that you can only use their software when you buy an iphone. it's like if you buy a sony dvd player and it only plays sony entertainment movies, and if you try to watch movies by other studios, it takes a photo of you and then your dvd player explodes."

 

[pejhmon]

This isn't nuts, it's just extreme.

Nuts would be if the iPhone explodes in your face when you try to jailbreak it.

You see if I was Apple, that would be my "traitorware"

 

[RicoADF]

Well done, guys!

You feed the fucking dragon and you're surprised when it does this. Could've just bought a normal phone, right?

I have a Nokia E75, so I'm safe

I wonder how legal it would be, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple found itself in court rather fast, it'd be a breach of privacy and if the person is under 18 then also they'd be in extra crap (atleast in Australia) for taking a photo of a minor without concent. Long jail time there.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

Guys! Under 18?

Then press your iPhone up against your genitalia. Apple will be forced to store child porn in it's headquarters, thusly getting prosecuted, and you get to keep your precious apps for counting until doomsday and whatnot.

 

[zHellas]

Could someone please explain to me what "Jailbreaking" an iPod/iPhone is?

 

[Hateren47]

So because Apple lost a court case and now has to allow jailbreaks (though they can cancel warranty somehow) they are now hacking iPhones, etc. and blocking them? And somehow Microsoft are the evil ones? I'm glad I never bothered with any of Apples products.

But hey they can still sell anything to their "disciples" (I think they will lose a lot of regular "fans" over this)

Spoiler: You can be too much of a fan

 

[Cyan.]

The part that scared me most is they can monitor my heartbeat.

ITS MINE YOU BASTARDS YOU CANT HAVE IT!!!

 

[Luftwaffles]

So because Apple lost a court case and now has to allow jailbreaks (though they can cancel warranty somehow) they are now hacking iPhones, etc. and blocking them? And somehow Microsoft are the evil ones? I'm glad I never bothered with any of Apples products.

But hey they can still sell anything to their "disciples" (I think they will lose a lot of regular "fans" over this)

Spoiler: You can be too much of a fan

lol is that charger for real???? And the responses too???

 

[teqrevisited]

/Picks up jailbroken iPhone & attempts to call someone
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

OT: Well I think you can guess by the above remark. Apple is trying to turn the products it sells into devices to spy on people ala 1984. If this is something they go through with I can't see myself buying into any of their products.

 

[Hateren47]

So because Apple lost a court case and now has to allow jailbreaks (though they can cancel warranty somehow) they are now hacking iPhones, etc. and blocking them? And somehow Microsoft are the evil ones? I'm glad I never bothered with any of Apples products.

But hey they can still sell anything to their "disciples" (I think they will lose a lot of regular "fans" over this)

Spoiler: You can be too much of a fan

lol is that charger for real???? And the responses too???

I don't know but when I saw that image I went to the macrumers site and the post was there and so were the comments. I never went back there...

 

[tomtom94]

So let me get this straight.

People are pirating the iPhone and violating their license.
Apple want to stop people violating the license as it is illegal.

And this is considered a bad thing?

 

[Hateren47]

So let me get this straight.

People are pirating the iPhone and violating their license.
Apple want to stop people violating the license as it is illegal.

And this is considered a bad thing?

It's not illegal to Jailbreak your iPhone.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/j...are-for-porn-too/story-e6frfro0-1225897548234
If you bought it it's yours to do with as you please, at least in the US.

 

[Luftwaffles]

So because Apple lost a court case and now has to allow jailbreaks (though they can cancel warranty somehow) they are now hacking iPhones, etc. and blocking them? And somehow Microsoft are the evil ones? I'm glad I never bothered with any of Apples products.

But hey they can still sell anything to their "disciples" (I think they will lose a lot of regular "fans" over this)

Spoiler: You can be too much of a fan

lol is that charger for real???? And the responses too???

I don't know but when I saw that image I went to the macrumers site and the the post was there and so were the comments. I never went back there...

I googled it and lo i see its an actual product they are marketing to the zombine masses....

And the traitorware thing.....aages back when i knew people who got copies of windows xp, i told them(jokingly) that Ruler of the Multiverse Bill Gates is watching them via the webcam on their laptops........