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Blacklist URL Only Blocks Core Location
iphonebuzz.com - 8/16/2008
Blacklist URL Only Blocks Core Location
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A few days ago, I wrote about the blacklist URL that someone discovered buried deep within the iPhone that could potentially work to shut down malicious apps on your iPhone, even after you've purchased them. But now it looks like this URL "only blocks malicious apps from accessing the iPhone's Core Location functions," according to MacRumors. It seems the fragment "clbl" in this URL stands ...

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