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Apple disabling unauthorized Siri ports on non-iPhone 4S devices

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Apple disabling unauthorized Siri ports on non-iPhone 4S devices

A report on Tuesday revealed that Apple has added a new barrier to the software needed to run Siri on the iPhone 4S, a move that shows the Cupertino, Calif., company is actively tracking the growing number of iDevice users who have managed to port the voice-recognizing assistant to non-supported hardware.
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Really? I mean, seriously... why would they care?
 

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Take that you non-4s buyers!! :p Quit slowing down my poor girl Siri :D
 

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Take that you non-4s buyers!! :p Quit slowing down my poor girl Siri :D

Them's fightin' words! Just for that, I'm going to jailbreak my iPhone 4 and put Siri on overtime on my wife's 4s.
 

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I just asked Siri to shut down your phone and notify Tim Cook that you're harassing her. Expect a call from the Apple Secret Police very soon. :Mischievous:
 

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I just asked Siri to shut down your phone and notify Tim Cook that you're harassing her. Expect a call from the Apple Secret Police very soon. :Mischievous:

Better watch your Console logs... I hear Anonymous has been attacking people by way of Firefox tab closings and Audacity sample loadings.
 
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better watch your console logs... I hear anonymous has been attacking people by way of firefox tab closings and audacity sample loadings.

rofl :D
 

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LOLOL...excellent! :D
 
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My Siri port is working fine for me. All I had to do was delete the .plist file and it was working again.
 
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The pessimist in me says Apple just wants to maintain Siri as a selling point of the 4s. The optimist in me hopes this is being done because Apple plans to bring Siri to the other devices in IOS 5.1. The realist says Apple's team just enjoys their game of cat-and-mouse with the hackers.

Better watch your Console logs... I hear Anonymous has been attacking people by way of Firefox tab closings and Audacity sample loadings.

I nominate this for post of the year.
 

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