Tag Archives: iphone
iPhones of Mass Destruction and the Code War
According to Apple, jailbreaking your iPhone violates Apple’s license agreement, constitutes copyright infringement – and – is a threat to national security. Meet the new weapon of mass destruction: the hacked iPhone. Just like Saddam Hussein’s WMDs, the iPhone of Mass Destruction is more red herring than reality. In a nation obsessed with security, particularly [...]
Posted in censorship, participation, privacy, property, security, surveillance Also tagged Apple, DMCA, EFF, hacking, piracy 3 Comments
Cookie Monsters published in CYE
Cindi Katz and I just published an article in a special issue of Children, Youth and Environments that focuses on Children and Technological Environments. CYE is an open access journal so you can read our article for free through their website (FYI – they ask you to create an account before providing access to [...]
Posted in censorship, commodification, education, informationalism, participation, play, property, security, surveillance, youth Also tagged AriX, article, hacking, OLPC Leave a comment
apple’s long-arm tactics
No one could of seen this one coming (cough). Apple has embedded a remote kill switch in the iPhone’s operating system that allows them to deactivate applications of their choosing — including applications which were knowingly installed by an iPhone’s owner. According to Wired’s Gadget Lab:
Jonathan Zdrianski, author of the book iPhone Open Application Development, [...]
Apple is the Medium and the Message