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Prankster Jailbreaks Apple Store Display iPhone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-pretty-funny dept.

Stoobalou writes "A prankster has snuck into his local Apple temple of consumerism and footled with one of the display models." Is it wrong of me to think that it would be awesome if everybody did this to every phone? I mean, it's legal now!

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  1. "it's legal now!" by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even if you do it to a phone you don't own, without permission from the owner?

    1. Re:"it's legal now!" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      yes, because information wants to be free or something

    2. Re:"it's legal now!" by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 5, Funny

      Perhaps, but they have voided the warranty. Presumably the store staff are no longer allowed to work with that phone.

      I picture an Island of Lost Toys somewhere on the Apple campus, filled with forlorn iPhones with voided warranties that no Apple Genius (tm) will touch. Denied the love and approving gaze of their turtlenecked creator, they are cast out and set to wander east of Eden, with Apple store employees with flaming swords turning every way to keep them from the Apple Store of Life.

  2. It's not awesome by mccalli · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The cutsie word 'jailbreak' seems to be catching on, but if this were any other os I think the phrase 'gaping remote code execution security hole' might be more appropriate.

    I use an iPhone and I thank people who do these exploits for bringing them to attention. If the means of jailbreak is "connect via USB then faff" I can live with it. If it's "go to this website and get an instant remote execution exploit from people you don't know" then I become rather more concerned.

    It's an exploit, same as any other. It should be patched as fast as possible and such an action wouldn't be evil, it would be the correct response to a remote execution hole.

    Cheers,
    Ian

    1. Re:It's not awesome by elewton · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Maybe it's because I'm Irish, but it annoys the piss out of me when staff bother me without my beckon. It's especially annoying when I'm reading a menu outside a restaurant and they use a greeter. That always moves me right on.

      He was obviously occupied, and needed no help. If he wanted to talk to a member of staff, he had only to look up.

      Nothing personal, just an off-topic rant.

  3. Re:yes, its wrong by a.deity · · Score: 5, Informative

    Back in the old days of 2.x jailbreaking (another one where a visit to a website would do it), there would always be a few display models running Cydia every morning. It was just a pain in the ass, and no one at the retail level was greatly angered or even cared too much; we'd just restore them when we saw them. To anyone on their way to an Apple Store to do this: you're not making a subversive statement, you're just taking 5 minutes out of a Specialist's day, one who probably jailbroke their phone a long time ago.

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    Option-Shift-K.