iPhone Dev Team player breaks ranks to release 3GS hack tool
The iPhone 3GS has been jailbroken, a process that opens the handset up to being loaded with apps that haven't been blessed by Apple. One of those applications can free the phone from ties to carriers.
The hack comes from George Hotz - aka GeoHot - one the guys in the iPhone Dev Team, which has been playing mouse to Apple's cat …
Probably want to prevent Apple from fixing the hole, as 3.1 is coming out very quickly after the release. So the rationale is sound. But George obviously likes to play the solo card.
He's right in a way though, it's probably not too hard finding new holes even when old ones have been patched.
... trying to protect the last of their crack. If they go shouting about it now, Apple will try and patch it for 3.1, if they release it after 3.1 is out and it's not patched, then Apple won't have time to get 3.2 ready.
They'd throw money at anyone who figures out the security hole. Then people will be tripping over themselves to be the first to submit it to apple and apple would know about it ASAP.
Then they can make sure the next release fixes that vulnerability.
"...fixes that vulnerability" - I say 'maintains their illegal network lock-in system'
surely EU laws mean that a consumer cannot be locked into just one network - especially if they have paid for that item in full (I'm not talking about the 'free' 45 quid/month people)
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iPhone Dev Team player breaks ranks to release 3GS hack tool
The iPhone 3GS has been jailbroken, a process that opens the handset up to being loaded with apps that haven't been blessed by Apple. One of those applications can free the phone from ties to carriers. The hack comes from George Hotz - aka GeoHot - one the guys in the iPhone Dev Team, which has been playing mouse to Apple's cat …
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Posted Friday 3rd July 2009 11:29 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Why they were delaying it #
Probably want to prevent Apple from fixing the hole, as 3.1 is coming out very quickly after the release. So the rationale is sound. But George obviously likes to play the solo card.
He's right in a way though, it's probably not too hard finding new holes even when old ones have been patched.
Posted Friday 3rd July 2009 11:29 GMT
Anonymous Coward
George #
"My hack is awesome". "I'm amazing".
George, please do get out more.
Posted Friday 3rd July 2009 12:06 GMT
Anonymous Coward
They were... #
... trying to protect the last of their crack. If they go shouting about it now, Apple will try and patch it for 3.1, if they release it after 3.1 is out and it's not patched, then Apple won't have time to get 3.2 ready.
Posted Friday 3rd July 2009 12:06 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@TheJealousAnonAbove #
@TheJealousAnonAbove
No seriously George, stay in. It is awesome, its within 2 weeks of launch and yes - that does make you amazing.
Posted Friday 3rd July 2009 13:30 GMT
michael W
GeoHot != dev-team #
Geohot got kicked out of the dev team like a year ago when he released an old unlocking tool early and the rest didn't want it released.
So although he used to be a member, he isn't any more.
Although they seem to still talk to each other fairly nicely
Posted Saturday 4th July 2009 10:05 GMT
ZenCoder
If apple was smart ... #
They'd throw money at anyone who figures out the security hole. Then people will be tripping over themselves to be the first to submit it to apple and apple would know about it ASAP.
Then they can make sure the next release fixes that vulnerability.
Posted Monday 6th July 2009 09:08 GMT
Anonymous Coward
fix or fix? #
@ZenCoder
"...fixes that vulnerability" - I say 'maintains their illegal network lock-in system'
surely EU laws mean that a consumer cannot be locked into just one network - especially if they have paid for that item in full (I'm not talking about the 'free' 45 quid/month people)
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