iPhone 3GS Finally Hacked

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday July 5, 2009 @01:11PM from the almost-like-consumers-don't-like-being-dictated-to dept.

Well, the inevitable hacking of Apple's latest flavor of iPhone has happened. Named "purplera1n," the tool will only allow installation of unauthorized applications instead of a full unlock. "The purplera1n jailbreak will free your iPhone from the limitations imposed on it by AT&T and Apple. After jailbreaking, a user will be able to customize the iPhone with home-screen wallpapers and third-party ringtones. But the biggest advantage of jailbreaking is the support of unapproved apps such as iBlackList (blacklists and whitelists for contacts) and many others."

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"Finally"! by cbhacking · 2009-07-05 13:17 · Score: 1, Troll

Wow, that took a long time... is Apple actually putting real security on these things now? Also, what *doesn't* this jailbreak permit?

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Re:why doing this? by justinlee37 · 2009-07-05 20:35 · Score: 1, Troll

"Evil" is probably putting it a little strongly. Adolf Hitler is evil. Josef Stalin is evil. Satan is evil. Corporate executives chasing their next bonus are pretty mild when compared to evil. Like it or not the world isn't black and white and to pretend so is to become evil yourself.