The IPhone Can Be Spied on by Apple

While Apple has opened the iPhone to third-party applications, they are also reportedly keeping a very close eye on which applications are allowed to run on your phone. According to hacker Jonathan Zdziarski, the iPhone has the ability to 'phone home' and tell Apple what applications are installed, and if Apple doesn't like what it sees, they can neutralize the offending application. Zdziarski says this suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while to find out what applications it should turn off. He discovered this ability tucked away in a configuration file deep inside the iPhone called "CoreLocation," when he was doing a forensic examination of an iPhone 3G.

MacRumors reported that Apple has set up a site to keep a list of apps it doesn't like, although nothing is on the list at the moment. MacRumors also suggested that a built-in kill switch could be used to remotely kill and remove malware. InsideTech reported that Steve Jobs confirmed that the iPhone has a kill switch built-in that will allow Apple to remotely kill and remove an application sold via the App Store from a user's iPhone, in case an malicious application inadvertently made its way onto the App Store. Jobs also said that their App Store has generated $30 million in sales already, and that over 60 million applications -- mostly free -- were downloaded, which is also expected to drive sales of the iPhone.

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