[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by Redcard

The only way to get stuff on and off the Apple products is through itunes.

If that worries you, use different apps.
There are alternate book and video apps that can load data without iTunes.

Every piece of content you put on your Ipad (including, believe it or not, ibooks that aren't purchased from apple, movies, etc) are logged. That information can be sent to Apple for "diagnostic purposes."

This is getting into tinfoil hat territory.
Just as Amazon or B&N could log all the files you sideload.
Microsoft could be logging everything you load onto a PC.
All operating systems 'log' every file you put on a device, how else would they know work?

That's what concerns me.. not so much the "can it read DRM files", but more the "can they turn it into a very expensive and pretty brick at will."

I suppose Amazon can as well, but theoretically, on the wifi kindle I can disable Wifi and use only USB when my computer's unplugged from the net.

Which is exactly what you could also do with the iPad.

EDIT: Just to clarify, the only reason I'm really concerned mostly about apple right now is that they are the only ones who actively have a patent on remote disabling of devices for content violations or terms of service violations. It's right there in the patent application precisely what they can do.

Didn't one of the early Droid phones have a deadman chip built into to allow it to be permanently deactivated if hacked?

Edit: Yes - http://pocketnow.com/thought/efuse-d...al-kill-switch