Apple's iOS 4 already hacked

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That didn't take long. Just one day after iOS 4 was officially released from Apple, the iPhone Dev-Team has already released a hack to jailbreak and unlock iPhones using the software.
There are a few important caveats with the latest release. PwnageTool 4.01 will work fine with an iPhone 3GS as long as it was previously jailbroken with the old boot ROM and you didn't use the Spirit method. However, if your 3GS has the new boot ROM, you will not be able to use PwnageTool.
A previously jailbroken iPhone 3G should be fine with the new PwnageTool, as well, if you didn't use Spirit.
The new hacks only support the official iOS 4 release and not the developer release issued at WWDC.
The Dev-Team said that currently the iPhone 2G, iPod Touch, and iPod Touch 3G are not supported by their software. They are working on ways to fix this for future releases.
Baseband unlockers--the method that allows you to use an iPhone on carriers other than AT&T--are reportedly working for all basebands from 04.26.08 and up. The unlockers currently support the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
If you plan to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone, you should read the instruction pages on the iPhone Dev-Team's Web site very carefully and be aware of what you are doing.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20008599-37.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
 
Apple really can't seem to find that one big security flaw that hackers keep abusing.


Which, really, is a good thing.
 
GPow69 said:
Apple really can't seem to find that one big security flaw that hackers keep abusing.


Which, really, is a good thing.
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Make basic system files READ-ONLY and no allowance to add permissions to the user.

So hard.. -.-
 
GPow69 said:
Apple really can't seem to find that one big security flaw that hackers keep abusing.
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Not really. It seems almost intentional that they don't patch the flaw. If they wanted to know what's the problem they would be suing the creators of tools which hack their hardware/software or have Interpol chase the creators for hige fees because cracking is against the law when the holder files a complaint. But they accept that using a jailbroken device every day is basically regular for every third person having an iPhone or an iPod Touch.
 
Andre said:
GPow69 said:
Apple really can't seem to find that one big security flaw that hackers keep abusing.
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Not really. It seems almost intentional that they don't patch the flaw. If they wanted to know what's the problem they would be suing the creators of tools which hack their hardware/software or have Interpol chase the creators for hige fees because cracking is against the law when the holder files a complaint. But they accept that using a jailbroken device every day is basically regular for every third person having an iPhone or an iPod Touch.
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Its not that easy, just look at the software piracy over the internet.
 
Spiderpig said:
Andre said:
GPow69 said:
Apple really can't seem to find that one big security flaw that hackers keep abusing.
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Not really. It seems almost intentional that they don't patch the flaw. If they wanted to know what's the problem they would be suing the creators of tools which hack their hardware/software or have Interpol chase the creators for hige fees because cracking is against the law when the holder files a complaint. But they accept that using a jailbroken device every day is basically regular for every third person having an iPhone or an iPod Touch.
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Its not that easy, just look at the software piracy over the internet.
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According to your relevancy theory the person who created the P2P protocol should be held responsible for first creating the protocol not knowing that it will be used to pirate copyrighted material. So piracy over internet (here the P2P context) isn't the same as a PwnageTool for example.
 
So Apple totally prefers to loose money by letting their device being jailbreakable (AKA running jailbroken apps wich the user got from some random site without paying anything from it) rather than getting benefits from the sales on the app store.

Right?

You cant just lawsuit every single pirate software developer because there are thousands of them, and even if they patch the exploit (wich they kind of did with the last models by changing the bootrom) hackers will always find another way of exploiting it (untethered jailbreak in the latest models).
 
Spiderpig said:
So Apple totally prefers to loose money by letting their device being jailbreakable (AKA running jailbroken apps wich the user got from some random site without paying anything from it) rather than getting benefits from the sales on the app store.

Right?

You cant just lawsuit every single pirate software developer because there are thousands of them, and even if they patch the exploit (wich they kind of did with the last models by changing the bootrom) hackers will always find another way of exploiting it (untethered jailbreak in the latest models).
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I think you misunderstand what a "jailbroken" ipod/iphone is. Basicly cydia etc doesn't offer any kind of illegal app. It just offers more things to be done with your ipod/iphone.
Installing stuff like Installous on the other hand contains the illegal apps. For which you then don't pay ofcourse. Before adding the repo to cydia you get a warning that that repo is not verrified and might contain illegal stuff. You can't stop it from being jailbroken since nothing is done wrong. You just unlock feature which were blocked by Apple. You pay one price and that is the fact that you loose your warrenty. Fair trade imo
 
Spiderpig said:
You cant just lawsuit every single pirate software developer because there are thousands of them, and even if they patch the exploit (wich they kind of did with the last models by changing the bootrom) hackers will always find another way of exploiting it (untethered jailbreak in the latest models).
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Apple could be suing the software authors because as you said yourself, a jailbroken device in theory means loss for the Apple app store. But how much does Apple earn from an app sale on their app store anyways? Since afaik Apple isn't the author of them.
 
Andre said:
Spiderpig said:
You cant just lawsuit every single pirate software developer because there are thousands of them, and even if they patch the exploit (wich they kind of did with the last models by changing the bootrom) hackers will always find another way of exploiting it (untethered jailbreak in the latest models).
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Apple could be suing the software authors because as you said yourself, a jailbroken device in theory means loss for the Apple app store. But how much does Apple earn from an app sale on their app store anyways? Since afaik Apple isn't the author of them.
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One third of the sale price.
 
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