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Apple Patent Could Kill Jailbroken iPhones

For your own good, though!

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 23, 2010 7:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – The US government is a-OK with you jailbreaking your iPhone but, not surprisingly, Apple is not. To that end, the company applied for a patent to disable jailbroken devices, the Register reports. Ostensibly, Apple just wants to protect you from an unauthorized user breaking into... Read full story »

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