Wow, this is just like having our very own peer review like those science/medical journals.

I must admit, I thought someone would have checked this before starting all the hysteria. I've often come up with acronyms whilst coding that mean something completely different in the real-world.

I thought that was Dick Cheney for a second there.

But, wait! Clearly since they were using a tag that said IMEI, they had intended to be evil. It just happens that it is smart enough to know when you are sniffing traffic, and disguise the identifier number.

No .. Really .. Apple must be evil because ...

because ...

because we really want them to be evil!

@sparx104: "I must admit, I thought someone would have checked this before starting all the hysteria."

Not when it comes to Apple products, especially the iPhone.

Ha ha nice Photoshop pic..

Yes, great Photoshopped Austeve Powob!

Apple is becoming the new Microsoft. The giant megalomaniacal company with a bent for world computing domination. Could be the one difference though is Apple actually makes a good product.

Like I said, it kind of helps if people actually sniff the packets instead of just spying strings in the hex code. I agree with Monty though, even tongue in cheek. The iPhone has undergone 3 updates already, and Apple engineers witnessed the iPhone literally torn apart on day one... packet sniffing was inevitable. While I would think sending the IMEI would be somewhat meaningless, I still don't think Apple is entirely out of the loop until they say they are. Again... what aspect did people find objectionable? The who or the what? 'Cause facts are facts. It's still being recorded, bubba.

Man, y'know... Jesus, your morgue must be something special.
I had a devil of a time finding the right "Steve" to get this shot...
[www.myphonewar.com]
And in the end, I went with mediocrity than admitting defeat...

See?

He's with it. He's hip!

duckah duckah duckah...

Oh the pathos, the drama - the much ado about nothing

Oh the false alarm was worth it for two reasons:
1) the best photoshop image EVER
2) Hearing the fanboys whine and get desperately defensive anytime someone suggests that Apple is a regular, average corporation, and not some benevolence sub society.

I enjoy stupid people being wrong.

Heise has an english version that is probably better than Google's translation: [www.heise-security.co.uk]

Damn, it was a fun conspiracy while it lasted. Despite previous reports (our coverage here) Gizmodo is now quoting a German site Heise Online that claims that the iPhone doesn’t phone home.

My "who gives a s---?" attitude pays off again, saving me the cost of a tin foil hat.

I wanted an iPhone before this, during this, and now after this.

Also, grats on a damn good photoshop. Someone's been practicing...

@yayaja67:
"1) the best photoshop image EVER"

second that

@yayaja67:
"Oh the false alarm was worth it for two reasons:
Hearing the fanboys whine and get desperately defensive anytime someone suggests that Apple is a regular, average corporation, and not some benevolence sub society."

Not to mention hearing the Apple haters cheer and desperately seize onto this issue without bothering to check if it were true first. :p

Sheesh, was it really that hard to throw a packet sniffer on the damn thing? Thanks for the hysteria, hackint0sh douchebags.

uh, providers have the info anyway. for instance when i worked at t-mobile if i double clicked on call someone made, itd show sim card #, imei # and the intersection the tower they connected to was located at.