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US Teen Trades Hacked iPhone for Nissan 350Z

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-for-nothing dept.

PieGuy107 writes to mention that seventeen-year-old George Hotz of Glen Rock, NJ has made the trade of the summer. Hotz traded his hacked iPhone for a new set of wheels (Nissan 350Z to be exact) and 3 more 8GB iPhones. "[Terry] Daidone, who's the co-founder of Louisville, Kentucky-based CertiCell, has apparently also offered the young man a paid consulting job, but stresses the company doesn't have 'any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz' discovery'."

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  1. Re:Mom! by porcupine8 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    a) He's seventeen. It's completely acceptable, nay, expected, for someone who is still a minor to be living with their parents. Not much of an insult there.

    b) If that's the dorkiest guy you've ever seen? Man, you haven't met many real dorks, have you?

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    Warning: Apple/Nintendo fangirl. Likes her electronics cute & cuddly. May be rabid.
  2. Read the TFA! by zedturtle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He was given the car by a guy who owns a mid-sized cell phone repair shop in the midwest. This guy (Certicell)'s getting massive publicity out of the hoopla surrounding the unlock. The unlocked iPhone isn't worth a 350Z. Getting mentioned on every news-outlet and riding the coattails of Hotz's fifteen minutes of fame is worth a 350z.

  3. Re:Press Hype or Me Cynical by SplatMan_DK · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like that DVD Jon guy, other people did the work, but they are adults, adults with jobs, and they don't want to get sued to death, so they let an underage person take the credit and press. Who would dare sue a kid, because the press luv the fantasy story of some hacker kid sticking it to the man, and companies don't want the bad press of sueing a kid. Hmm... let me see...

    1.) DVD Jon was actualy a pretty knowledgeable hardcore geek way before he did the CSS crack.
    2.) He actually DID get sued. By big companies. On several occasions.

    ...what was your point again?

    :-)

    - Jesper
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    My security clearance is so high I have to kill myself if I remember I have it...
  4. Re:Life's lessons... by vux984 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do people under 18 pat taxes?

    Yes.

    Old enough to pay taxes.
    Not old enough to vote what they are use for.

    One of the many injustices in the system.