Apple Continues Unwinnable War On Jailbreakers
Apple got smacked down by the U.S. Copyright Office last month in its bid to criminalize jailbreaking, but Steve Jobs' unflinching resolve has the company's patent lawyers busily looking for other ways to halt the practice.
A recent Apple patent filing could portend a future in which Apple could remotely kill iPhones if it detects that they've been jailbroken.
Apple's patent is for technology that would target "hacking, jailbreaking, unlocking or removal of a SIM card," according to the filing last week with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Attention jailbreakers and your copyright-flaunting ilk: No one messes with the Turtlenecked One and gets away with it. Steve Jobs will never, ever give up, understand?
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