Apple software plans to disable iPhones to prevent unauthorized unlocking
Apple said it plans to make “permanently inoperable” the devices of thousands of iPhone owners who hack their expensive gadgets in order to unlock it for use with other mobile carriers and to run a host of unsupported programs. Apple issued a statement saying many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs caused “irreparable damage” to the device’s software. Apple requires iPhone owners to take out a lengthy contract with AT&T in the United States but there are a number of programs on the net that unlock the device for use with other networks.