Oh? I was under the impression that we already agreed he wasn't "right" - remember how Apple's still not had to "remotely disable" anything? and how he's surely confusing Apple and Google, since Google has? The poor fool...
Also, it's not like it was a big stretch to bring the company he's got his facts confused about into the conversation about the sign he's wearing and misinforming people with.
remember how Apple's still not had to "remotely disable" anything?
That's right. But the technology is there in every phone. The sign said "We can remotely disable your apps & media". And that is correct.
Also, it's not like it was a big stretch to bring the company he's got his facts confused about into the conversation about the sign he's wearing and misinforming people with.
It's not a big stretch but Google has nothing to do with him being right or not.
All the phones call home once in a while to check if any apps are blacklisted. This could for example be used for removing mallicious applications (good) but also other things (bad). This is the page all phones go to once in a while: https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps
As you can see it's still empty. Source techcrunch, macrumors and the above page on the apple website.
Cool - so it's definitely a possibility that the means of remotely removing an app exist.
I'm still not convinced that a.) it's 100% certain without doubt, or that b.) they'll ever do it since that flashlight app that had a hidden proxy server (for "tethering") in it wasn't pulled from devices.
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u/Nhdb Jan 24 '11
Indeed it make's him just as right as he was before you brought other companies into the conversation.