The application, which was filed in February and published Thursday, specifically describes the identification of “hacking, jailbreaking, unlocking, or removal of a SIM card” so that measures can be taken to counter the user. Possible responses include surreptitiously activating the iPhone's camera, geotagging the image and uploading it to a server and transmitting sensitive data to a server and then wiping it from the device.
Rest assured that this jailbreaking identification, the application would have us believe, is simply a means of protecting owners from unauthorized users.
Apple patents kill switch for stolen or jailbroken iPhones
Posted on Tuesday, August 24 2010 @ 1:55 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck