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iPhone, iPod Touch 1.1.1 Firmwares Jailbroken

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pat-yourselves-on-the-back dept.

vertigoCiel writes "Hackers Niacin and Dre have recently gained full read and write access to the filesystems of both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The Jailbreak exploits a vulnerability in Safari's TIFF library to execute the necessary code when the specially crafted image is loaded. Access can then be permanently sustained by modifying the fstab file with iPhuc"

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  1. Out of the loop.. by s31523 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This crack sounds great! Um, could someone explain to me why it is useful? Sorry, I guess I am out of the iStuff loop...

  2. Re:Makes me wonder by fgaliegue · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > In some countries the exact opposite is true!

    Yes, and France is one.

    (offtopic, but makes me wonder why on earth Orange signed/wanted to sign an exclusivity deal with Apple, knowing what the laws were in France)