A patent application doesn't necessarily mean such an idea will ever see the light of day, but iPhone jailbreakers should take note of this news, anyway. Apple has reportedly applied for patent for methodology of not just detecting jailbroken or unlocked iPhones, but also killing them, if necessary. It's true that if you read carefully through this patent application, it seems a lot of it is focused on security: detecting unauthorized users through various means, and sending an alert to a device or restricting 23 Aug, 2010
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Source: http://hothardware.com/News/Apple-Files-BigBrotherish-Patent-to-Detect-Kill-Jailbroken-Devices
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