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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. Re:Makes me wonder by SpiritGod21 · · Score: 1, Troll

    The iPhone doesn't work on my university's network due to its poor (non-existent?) implementation of 802.1x. The final conclusion was that there is nothing we can do about it; Apple made their phone where it will not work on secured networks. Depending on where you live/work, the lack of real wifi is a deal-breaker to me.

    If I wanted something like the iPhone, I'd wait for the Neo1973.