The whole point of Apple’s iOS 4.3.4 update was to put the kibosh on a serious iOS security defect that allowed hackers to jailbreak iPhones, iPads and iPod touches (as well as surreptitiously remote control them), but it seems the fix may have already yielded to hackers.
A serious security flaw that allows hackers to remotely commandeer iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches should eventually have a fix, says Apple. The company acknowledged it was working to close the security hole Thursday, but would only say to expect the fix in a forthcoming software update.
Seems like iPhone users just got iOS 4.3? Yeah, that’s because they just did. However, according to Boy Genius Report, Apple may be pushing out the next update, 4.3.1, in as little as two weeks. It’s a minor update to fix some issues with the most recent update.
Once upon a time, jailbreaking our iPhones allowed us to be blissfully free from the clutches of Apple and AT&T’s official regulations. We used our data plans the way we wanted to, even if that included sharing it with our laptops and iPads. (All of this is rhetorical, of course. We would never actually do [...]
In the unlikely event that you wish to upset the delicate balance of your shiny new iPad 2, the news from over the weekend is that it can be jailbroken, and soon you’ll be able to do the same.
I’m no lawyer, but this seems a bit frightening. As the story goes, a well-known hacker named George Hotz—also known as GeoHot—figured out how to “jailbreak” Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console. The trick essentially lets PS3 owners load alternative operating systems or run games that haven’t been sanctioned by Sony on their consoles. This [...]
First Apple, and now Sony: Jailbreaking devices may be legal, but apparently that doesn’t mean that tech companies have to like it. Sony have officially announced that users who have jailbroken PS3s or pirated software will be banned from the PlayStation Network.
If your iPhone or iPad has been jailbroken, Apple may have decided that you don’t deserve to use their iBooks store anymore as punishment. Josh from the Social Apples website has noticed that Apple has, in his words, “deliberately crippled” his iPhone after jailbreaking:
Google may not have opened up software development tools for its Google TV platform yet, but that doesn’t mean that others haven’t decided to take the matter into their own hands. A group calling itself GTVHacker Dev Team has already cracked the code – in part through physically cracking the TV itself and soldering wires [...]
The latest update to Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 4.1, brings with it new features such as Game Center, TV show rentals, iTunes’ "Ping" social music network, enhanced photo features, and more.
Jailbreaking might now be legal but that doesn’t mean Apple isn’t giving up on thwarting our freedom to do so.
