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How black is the iPhone's blacklist?
There's plenty being said about the iPhone app "blacklist" recently discovered, and not much known about it.
As was expected, Apple isn't saying anything about it, at least not through the official channels. The experts are baffled as to what exactly the list does and how it could be used. Even Jonathan Zdziarsky, the guy who discovered the flaw notes that users should hold off on the Orwell references until it can be figured out what, if anything, the file does.
Mac fanblog Daring Fireball is reporting that the list just restricts access to the iphone's tracking components.
The blog cites a source within the company as saying that the list will only block the app from using the Core Location API. The reason, said the source, was privacy concerns, not some broad attempt by Apple to hijack your iPhone and delete your copy of NetShare.
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