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Apple can remotely delete apps on iPhones. They've used it to delete apps that were removed from the app store. Apple can force your phone to download the lates

by maljx 12y ago

Apple can remotely delete apps on iPhones. They've used it to delete apps that were removed from the app store. Apple can force your phone to download the latest U2 album. Upgrading your apps silently is probably not outside their control if they wanted to.

threeseed 12y ago
iPhones by default are set to automatically download purchased content from the iTunes Store. It's a feature so purchases made on one device automatically appear on others. All Apple did was "buy" the U2 for everyone. Nothing magical about it. To bring that up in the context of iMessage security shows either ignorance or stupidity. And remote deleting is quite a bit different to silently upgrading apps for the purpose of spying.
- waps 12y ago
  So when do we find out the NSA has made it's own little "purchase" for everyone ?
nnnnni 12y ago
My phone certain did not automatically download Songs of Innocence. For those users whose phones DID automatically download it, they must have enabled the "automatically add purchased content to this phone" feature. According to my research, Apple has NEVER used the "kill switch", unlike Google: 'Google also possesses a remote "kill switch" for Android apps, but unlike Apple, it has made use of the feature before. In 2010 the Android security team deleted two apps created by a security researcher after they "misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage user downloads." Its kill switch is referred to by the company as the "Remote Application Removal Feature.' [1] [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-orders-apple-to-use-iphone-app-kill-switch-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-orders-apple-to-use-ip...
- tacotime 12y ago
  The point is they have the capability and because of your government's secret court system the general public very well may never find out whether or not the capability has been taken advantage of. I can guarantee you that the "automatically add purchased content to this phone" check box does absolutely nothing to protect your phone from downloading and integrating data from Apple silently if they should choose to target you. And you would likely never know if they choose to target you.

by maljx 12y ago

threeseed 12y ago

iPhones by default are set to automatically download purchased content from the iTunes Store. It's a feature so purchases made on one device automatically appear on others. All Apple did was "buy" the U2 for everyone. Nothing magical about it. To bring that up in the context of iMessage security shows either ignorance or stupidity. And remote deleting is quite a bit different to silently upgrading apps for the purpose of spying.

waps 12y ago
So when do we find out the NSA has made it's own little "purchase" for everyone ?

nnnnni 12y ago

My phone certain did not automatically download Songs of Innocence. For those users whose phones DID automatically download it, they must have enabled the "automatically add purchased content to this phone" feature. According to my research, Apple has NEVER used the "kill switch", unlike Google: 'Google also possesses a remote "kill switch" for Android apps, but unlike Apple, it has made use of the feature before. In 2010 the Android security team deleted two apps created by a security researcher after they "misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage user downloads." Its kill switch is referred to by the company as the "Remote Application Removal Feature.' [1] [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-orders-apple-to-use-iphone-app-kill-switch-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-orders-apple-to-use-ip...

tacotime 12y ago
The point is they have the capability and because of your government's secret court system the general public very well may never find out whether or not the capability has been taken advantage of. I can guarantee you that the "automatically add purchased content to this phone" check box does absolutely nothing to protect your phone from downloading and integrating data from Apple silently if they should choose to target you. And you would likely never know if they choose to target you.