Steve Jobs Confirms Application Kill Switch
After all the controversy last week over the rumor of a “Kill Switch†in Apple's latest firmware update, Steve Jobs has confirmed the fact that the phone has the ability to kill applications remotely but Jobs says he “hopes they wont have to use it.â€
After all the controversy last week over the rumor of a “Kill Switch†in Apple's latest firmware update, Steve Jobs has confirmed the fact that the phone has the ability to kill applications remotely but Jobs says he “hopes they wont have to use it.â€
Mr. Jobs confirmed such a capability exists, but argued that Apple needs it in case it inadvertently allows a malicious program -- one that stole users' personal data, for example -- to be distributed to iPhones through the App Store. "Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull," he says.