Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware | Electronic Frontier Foundation: "It looks like Apple, Inc., is exploring a new business opportunity: spyware and what we're calling 'traitorware.' While users were celebrating the new jailbreaking and unlocking exemptions, Apple was quietly preparing to apply for a patent on technology that, among other things, would allow Apple to identify and punish users who take advantage of those exemptions or otherwise tinker with their devices. This patent application does nothing short of providing a roadmap for how Apple can — and presumably will — spy on its customers and control the way its customers use Apple products. As Sony-BMG learned, spying on your customers is bad for business. And the kind of spying enabled here is especially creepy — it's not just spyware, it's 'traitorware,' since it is designed to allow Apple to retaliate against you if you do something Apple doesn't like."