IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already

mspohr writes "Just hours after Apple released iOS 4.1 to great fanfare, hardware hackers found a way to jailbreak devices that run the new operating system. More surprising still, there doesn't appear to be anything Steve Jobs can do to stop them in the near future. The exploit in the boot ROM of iOS devices was first announced by iPhone Dev-Team member pod2g. It was soon confirmed by other hackers, who said that because the exploit targets such a low-level part of the operating system, Apple won't be able to stop jailbreakers without making significant hardware changes."

Comments

Re:Apple's security

[imamac]

So I need to figure this out...is it that Apple lock their devices down too much? Or that they are not locked down enough? Can't be both...

Re:Why on earth...

[Cwix]

I really dont know, but I think you may be a fanboi.
I really dont know but I think we have the technology to build a moonbase
I really dont know but I think apples are really blue, and everyone has been pulling the wool over my eyes.

See.. I get to say what I think with no evidence, but I left the back door open for escape if it bites me in the ass. Politicians do it.

If you don't know, don't comment about it. Doing otherwise adds noise to the signal to noise ratio.

um. power is about control

[Colin Smith]

the iphone is powerless not powerful .

If it's designed to be rootable how come you cant?

[SuperKendall]

The android platform is DESIGNED to be rootable and hackable

There are some Android phones you cannot currently root. If the system is really "designed to be rootable" as you assert, how come that is so?

By your definition iOS is "designed to be rootable" as well, since there is a root user you can get access to via jailbreaking.

It's slightly harder to get that root access on the iPhone but then it's just as hackable - actually more so since at root level code insertion (thanks to Objective C and method swizzling) into existing apps is dead simple, which means you can easily modify any application in small ways to do fun tweaks. If someone was interested in actually hacking on a system for fun iOS would be a lot easier to get going and really modify the hell out of.

Re:The next iOS is Jailbroken already

[BitZtream]

The guys who make the jailbreaks aren't doing it so you can use your phone unrestricted.

For them, it has never been about using the phone unrestricted.

For the guys making the jailbreaks its about who gets the attention for doing it. Who broke through Apples walled garden.

Thats why you hear about and see these exploits make it into the wild before the OS itself is released, because they don't have the patients to hold off until after its been released.

Its the same reason idiots go into the Apple store and jailbreak phones, its all about attention, nothing more.

The jail breaking community is pretty good at fucking itself over. Jailbreakme.com is a shining example of out right stupidity. Publish a big, obviously bad exploit on the web and make sure it gets media attention ... I never could have guessed Apple would immediately turn out a point release to fix the exploit since now its clear to everyone (hacker or otherwise) that you can get into the phone easy and do whatever you want.

Jail breakers are Apples best security team, their arrogance and constant need to have someone be impressed with their work means Apple gets to just watch them and get notified of exploits as soon as they are found. To me, their behavior is a clear indication that mommy needs to give them more attention and at least a little common sense.

I'd love to play poker with one of them, it'd be the easiest game ever.