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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Tech / SEX Your Chaste iPhone Just Became Less So

Posted by Patrick Alan Coleman on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM

As a Motorola Droid user who chose the platform in part because I found the iron fist of Apple to be a tad unacceptable, I LOL'd after reading this from the Washington Post:

The rise of FaceTime porn puts Apple in an awkward position. Its competitors have products that allow video chat, too - HTC's Evo 4G phone, for one. But Apple has made a big deal about keeping applications sold in its iTunes store clean.

Apple has rejected book apps for featuring sexual content and political satires for their potential to offend. While some rejected apps have been approved after revisions, Apple has kept one strict rule: No porn.

FaceTime isn't even an outside developer's app. It's a main feature of the phone.

Okay, Blogtownies: We've got cyber-sex and sexting, so what the hell are we going to call this new phenomena? iFucking?

 

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Not to mention that there are some huge security concerns with downloading apps on an iPhone versus Android: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/lookout… At least on an Android phone, you can see exactly what an app is accessing on your phone. Why didn't Apple build that into the iPhone? Such a clusterf*ck. BUT IT LOOKS SO PURTY DONT IT
Posted by el cubano on July 29, 2010 at 2:32 PM · Report
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Well, presumably Apple's vetting of the programs helps ensure they aren't breaking APIs and sending your SIM card information to random servers in China like the Jackeey Android apps.
Posted by tk. on July 29, 2010 at 2:48 PM · Report
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NERD FIGHT!
Posted by eric cantona on July 29, 2010 at 3:20 PM · Report
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It's called Facetime, so I suggest we integrate "face" into our new term...

I give you: faceFucking
Posted by luckymike on July 29, 2010 at 3:56 PM · Report

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