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A mobile development author has discovered a mechanism in Apple's iPhone softwarethe mac news you care about

When Apple launched the App Store, they suggested that the use of DRM'd and signed applications could allow them to protect the iPhone from malicious applications and suggested that they could deactivate such applications remotely. Jonathan Zdziarsk...

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Apple's Ability to Deactivate Malicious App Store Apps

Apple 10286 Published by Bob 0

Now you see it, now you don't. Apple is playing hide and seek with some applications in the iPhone and iPod touch online App Store. The first application to show and then disappear was Nullriver's NetShare. It first went on sale briefly on Thursday, then disappeared without explanation -- to the developer or to MacNewsWorld press inquiries on the matter -- then reappeared Friday. And now it's gone again.

Apple's App Store Antics Frustrate Devs