iPhone/iPod Hackers being punished?

[evilfantasy]

Full article -> iPhones, jailbreaking and blocked Apple IDs

Update: The Register's John Leyden has also commented on the issue at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/apple_bans_iphone_hackers/

There's been a burst of interest in the last day or so in the blocking of certain Apple IDs from the iTunes App Store. Some bloggers have suggested that this might be a precursor to a massive blocking of jailbroken phones from accessing the App Store.

However, the reports I've seen all mention only two specific IDs, both of associated with individuals who are well known as having publicised vulnerabilities, so it sounds to me as if this measure is specific to individuals perceived as posing a security threat, not as a means of punishing jailbreakers by denying them the opportunity to pay for legitimate, approved apps supplied by software houses with whom Apple has a commercial relationship.

[Helpmeh]

Well a lot of the apps are starting to "require" OS 3.1.2. [sarcasm] The "battery fixes" (aka. the jailbreak fix) must really be necessary for games to operate.[/sarcasm]

[cintari]

They pulled the same *censored* with the psp

[jaydeee]

lets send them back to jail!