By Alpha Doggs: 10:06 GMT, 18 May 2012 NetworkWorld
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=article-2146278-0EDA665E00000578-607_233x366.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/article-2146278-0EDA665E00000578-607_233x366.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Apple has banned the word 'jailbreak' from it's U.S. iTunes store listings, the latest indication of its
disapproval of hackers who muck around with their tightly secured products.
'Jailbreaking' refers to the practice of hacking into Apple's products to allow them to play pirated software and media and, in the case
of the iPhone and iPad, to be used on different mobile networks.
Now it seems that the company will not even countenance the word's mention on their site, with songs like Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak now
listed in some places as J*******k.
Apple's filtering of the term from song and software titles puts the word in the same category as 'b******t' and other obscene language.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=screenshot_73_0.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/screenshot_73_0.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Apple is well known for keeping a tight rein over the apps, music and videos that are approved for use on its consumer products and
distributed through iTunes.
The consumer tech giant has in the past tried to counter hacks by warning customers that warranties for their gadgets will be voided
if they tamper with their Apple products.
The U.S. in 2010 ruled that jailbreaking iPhones and similar devices was legal, as long as it was not done to evade copy protections,
but Apple has continued to fight the practice.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=article-2146278-0EDA665E00000578-607_233x366.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/article-2146278-0EDA665E00000578-607_233x366.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Apple has banned the word 'jailbreak' from it's U.S. iTunes store listings, the latest indication of its
disapproval of hackers who muck around with their tightly secured products.
'Jailbreaking' refers to the practice of hacking into Apple's products to allow them to play pirated software and media and, in the case
of the iPhone and iPad, to be used on different mobile networks.
Now it seems that the company will not even countenance the word's mention on their site, with songs like Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak now
listed in some places as J*******k.
Apple's filtering of the term from song and software titles puts the word in the same category as 'b******t' and other obscene language.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=screenshot_73_0.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/screenshot_73_0.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Apple is well known for keeping a tight rein over the apps, music and videos that are approved for use on its consumer products and
distributed through iTunes.
The consumer tech giant has in the past tried to counter hacks by warning customers that warranties for their gadgets will be voided
if they tamper with their Apple products.
The U.S. in 2010 ruled that jailbreaking iPhones and similar devices was legal, as long as it was not done to evade copy protections,
but Apple has continued to fight the practice.
