Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones

[wraggster]

Apple yesterday applied for a patent to allow remotely disabling electronic devices when 'unauthorized usage' is detected. The patent application covers using the camera to take pictures of the unauthorized user and using GPS to determine location, and it involves ascertaining whether the phone has been hacked or jailbroken, using those as criteria for detecting 'suspicious behavior.' The patent would allow the carrier or any other 'authorized' party to disable or restrict the functionality of the device. Is this Apple's latest tool to thwart jailbreaking?

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/0...lbroken-Phones

[symbal]

Aww this sound VERY illegal and contravening your human rights, if Apple ever tried to implement that i can see the lawsuits making them bankrupt in a month.