It’s a Core Location Blacklist

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Yesterday I linked to a story about the discovery by Jonathan Zdziarski of a remote blacklist Apple is maintaining, supposedly, according to Zdziarski, to remotely disable rogue iPhone apps previously distributed through the App Store.

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Tom Krazit / One More Thing: iPhone ‘kill switch’ limited to location-aware apps

Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile: Apple’s iPhone BlackList Clarifications

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget Mobile: Your iPhone probably isn’t calling home, just might not want you …

Macworld: iPhone references application blacklist, purpose unknown

Hypermark / Mark Sigal’s Blog: iPhone Universe: Network Borders, Kill Switches and The Core Location

Rene Ritchie / The iPhone Blog: The Great App Blacklist Debate

Computerworld Blogs: iPhone’s so-called bad-app kill-switch: teacup-storm?

MacDailyNews: iPhone ‘kill switch’ really exists to protect GPS access from unauthorized apps

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: iPhone App Blacklist Isn’t For Remotely Disabling Apps

Christian Zibreg / TG Daily: Apple’s secret iPhone kill switch a step too far?

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UPDATED Apple removes $1,000 featureless iPhone application —  Eight iPhone owners have joined an elite clan: Their Apple gadget is running a program that cost nearly $1,000.  —  When the iPhone first hit the market in June 2007, those who paid the $499 entry price — and signed the two-year AT&T contract — owned a status symbol.

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Kevin Donovan / Techdirt: Eight $1,000 App Buyers Later, And Apple Pulls It

Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab: Eight People Bought Useless $1,000 iPhone App

David Rothman / TeleRead: Apple removes worthless $1,000 app from iPhone store

Jon / p2pnet: There’s an (Apple) sucker born every minute

Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman: For Apple Fans: ‘I Am Rich’ = ‘I Am Dumb?’

Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac: Pro App Store app for music-makers

Casey Chan / The iPhone Blog: 8 People Bought ‘I Am Rich’, the $999.99 app

Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo: Confirmed: Eight Morons Bought the $999 I Am Rich iPhone Application

MacDailyNews: ‘I Am Rich’ developer sold 8 copies for $999.99 each before Apple censored app

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb: Poll: What Should Be Done About The “I Am Rich” App?

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider: ‘I Am Rich’ Dude: I Made $6000 From My Dumb iPhone App (AAPL)

Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag: Do-nothing “I Am Rich” iPhone app found 8 buyers with enough taste to click “buy”

Jason D. O’Grady / The Apple Core: App Store blacklist continues, next victim: I Am Rich

Brian Heater / AppScout: $1,000 I Am Rich iPhone App Pulled From Store

Reuben Swartz / Dollars and Sense: I Am Rich— No More

Kdawson / Slashdot: 8 People Buy “I Am Rich” iPhone App For $1,000

Arn / MacRumors iPhone Blog: 8 People Bought $999.99 ‘I am Rich’ App

Digg: 8 people Bought the $1,000 ‘I Am Rich’ iPhone app

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Warning to iPhone Apps devs – Apple can make your apps vanish on a whim