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Apple Outs Anti-Jailbreak Update

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the longer-than-i'd-expect dept.

Stoobalou writes "Apple has issued an emergency update for devices running the iOS 4 mobile operating system. iOS 4.0.2 plugs the security hole exploited by the iPhone Dev Team to allow pain-free jailbreaking of the iPhone 4 and its manifold siblings as well as... actually, that's about it."

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  1. Bummer by Codename+Dutchess · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we're going to have to wait a week before another exploit is released publicly. Shucks.

  2. Oh for shame! by bbtom · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have to go back to jailbreaking the old fashioned way with a computer and a USB cable - it'll take ten minutes rather than five now and require you to RTFM. And all because Apple wants to fix a gaping security hole. DAMN THEE DRACONIAN STEVE JOBS!!1!

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  3. Re:Why does the submitter see this as a bad thing? by Pojut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course, it is a problem that you need to jailbreak an Iphone to enable basic functionality. But if the media has such a problem with that, maybe they could actually focus on that instead of praising Apple all the time

    They're afraid of being modded down.

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  4. Re:Outing the update by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny
    -1, flamebait? WTF?!
    1. Apple Computer was just outside of San Francisco
    2. They've been trying to whitewash it since 1988, but before that, Apple was proudly flying the freak flag since 1977
    3. have you seen Jobs ? (BTW, I find that file name amusing...)
    4. they have a long history of catering to "graphic designers"
    5. they're very concerned with maintaining a hip, stylish persona
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  5. Re:Why does the submitter see this as a bad thing? by BarryJacobsen · · Score: 5, Funny

    In modern parlance, "bricked" means "mildly inconvenienced for about 30 minutes" rather than "made completely inoperable to the point where the hardware is now about as useful as a standard brick" and "zero day" means "sometime within the next 5 years after the actual software was released in the first place."

    Well, hell hath no fury like a geek who's been mildly inconvenienced.

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