Apparently Apple was getting angry at the battles, which prevents the owners do jailbreaking iPhones and iPod devices.
Apple Company has filed a patent application entitled, "System and Method To Identify Illegal Users In Electronic Devices," which includes a series of security measures to automatically protect the device from theft and unauthorized users.
Unauthorized users seem to apply to those involved in jailbreaking, which allows the device to run applications not approved by the manufacturers such as Apple's operating system.
Applications submitted in February 2009, describes the steps to identify specific activities that may indicate suspicious behavior, so that security measures can be taken to limit the function of this device. These activities include hacking, jailbreaking, Unlocking, SIM Card or removal. in accordance with the application. Apple also intends to send a warning to the owners of the devices via e-mail or text message when activity is detected.
This application also describes various steps that can be used to help identify unauthorized users.
In some embodiment unauthorized users can be detected by comparing the current user identity with the identity of authorized users of electronic devices, for example, an image, if images from the current identity does not match the photo identity of authorized users, this can be detected as unauthorized users .
when the unauthorized user is detected, access to certain applications can be limited, access to sensitive information can be restricted, sensitive information can be deleted from the electronic device.
In July the U.S. Copyright Office yesterday stating that jailbreaking is legal, Apple has been disappointed with that decision, the article if the user makes jailbreaking their devices levying the warranty will not apply anymore.
Apple Company has filed a patent application entitled, "System and Method To Identify Illegal Users In Electronic Devices," which includes a series of security measures to automatically protect the device from theft and unauthorized users.
Unauthorized users seem to apply to those involved in jailbreaking, which allows the device to run applications not approved by the manufacturers such as Apple's operating system.
Applications submitted in February 2009, describes the steps to identify specific activities that may indicate suspicious behavior, so that security measures can be taken to limit the function of this device. These activities include hacking, jailbreaking, Unlocking, SIM Card or removal. in accordance with the application. Apple also intends to send a warning to the owners of the devices via e-mail or text message when activity is detected.
This application also describes various steps that can be used to help identify unauthorized users.
In some embodiment unauthorized users can be detected by comparing the current user identity with the identity of authorized users of electronic devices, for example, an image, if images from the current identity does not match the photo identity of authorized users, this can be detected as unauthorized users .
when the unauthorized user is detected, access to certain applications can be limited, access to sensitive information can be restricted, sensitive information can be deleted from the electronic device.
In July the U.S. Copyright Office yesterday stating that jailbreaking is legal, Apple has been disappointed with that decision, the article if the user makes jailbreaking their devices levying the warranty will not apply anymore.
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