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Guide To Building a Cable That Improves iOS Exploits
mask.of.sanity writes "An Aussie network engineer has published a guide to building a serial cable connector that allows access to a secret kernel debugger hidden within Apple iOS. The debugger was a dormant iOS feature carried over from Apple OS, and seems to serves no function other than to allow hackers to build better exploits. The cable needs an external power source and a jailbroken device to access the debugger." We've mentioned Pollock's serial adapter kit before, modulo the kernel debugging abilities.
Wait... so in order to use the cable to find exploits, you need a jailbroken device. But in order to jailbreak your device, you need to first find an exploit.
* Yes, I do know that there are other ways to find exploits...
...exists in pretty much all phones (amongst other devices) although most would require some soldering on the PCBs, they are also used for forensic investigations -- or have completely separate circuits used just for forensics.
I don't remember much to be honest (like protocols etc) but I remember it from a forensics class I took.
The only surprising thing here is that they allow access to that circuitry via the normal device ports.
Even over a year after the iPhone 4 came out, it's still outselling individual phones from the likes of HTC and Samsung.
Its not such a good comparison. Here's why. You use a smartphone to run certain programs on it (or to look good or whatever).
If you want an Android phone, you have tons of choice. Most of them will run the same software, and so you just choose your price range or whatever.
If you want an iOS phone you basically either buy second hand, or buy the current iPhone.
So the iPhone isn't better than 'individual' phones, its just the only choice you have if you want iOS