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Jon Johansen Breaks iTunes DRM Yet Again
ikewillis writes "Remember earlier today when Apple released an update supposedly blocking the hole in iTMS recently discovered by Jon Johansen? News.com reports that he has already worked around the update, and iTMS can now be accessed from non-Windows/MacOS X systems using the new version of his PyMusique software. You can view his blog entry on the issue (ironically titled So Sue Me). More power to you, Jon!"
I'm glad you like your comfortable leash.
Basically Jon get's some limelight and for a very short while Apple are beaten. Meanwhile people who actually like and use iTunes legitimately find that Apple has to restrict the service more and more. And so Jon is screwing it up for everyone else.
As some one who works in an industry where DRM and encryption is a fact of life I know that it's a balance between complexity and the *appearance* of security. Basically you make it difficult for the average joe to crack the system, complex enough to satisfy the media supplies, but simple enough to make it cost effective. It's a status quo that is fine as long as no one breaks it, or at least only a very few break it.
Jon is breaking that status quo and to achieve what? Not success as Apple just plugs the gaps. The only solution can be short term fame and self gratification. He's a twat!