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iOS 6 Beta 3 Jailbroken Already
hypnosec writes "Apple launched the iOS 6 Beta 3 just a couple of days back, and the redsn0w team has given out a jailbreak for the latest version of iOS 6 already. The only downside is that this is a tethered jailbreak, which means you will have to make sure your phone is connected to the computer whenever you need to reboot it."
Way to go guys...now they're gonna have it fixed before it's released to the public. Oh, and first post!
Can we stop this already? There is really much less of a technical challenge to make tethered jailbreak working, and much less interesting to the jb community.
So in other words they managed to jailbreak iOS 6 beta 3using a previously known exploit which exploits things that are hard-coded... How is this exciting news? If you exploit hardware you should be able to jailbreak any OS on there, its simply just porting some software. To make it even less exciting this is a tethered jailbreak which means its useless for nearly everyone.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
Why jailbreak an iOS device? Arnt they supposed to be the absolute pinnacle of technology where everything "Just Works", and if it doesnt work, its not the device at fault, its just that you are simply doing/holding it wrong?
I thought it was all roses and smiles and content happy thoughts in the Walled Garden?
Why modify that which is supposed to be perfect? Why Jailbreak?
Get a phone from a company whose policies don't fucking suck, and where you can install whatever fucking software you want without the need to find a vulnerability.
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Mod story Troll.
Is the purpose of this story a mystery to anyone. It's like ad TV reruns...
Beware of the Leopard.
I don't believe there's an Android app for "perceived social acceptance." :(
There is something wierd in linked site: http://paritynews.com/software/item/66-ios-6-beta-3-jailbroken-already
It displays a warning at the bottom of the page telling site experience is better with cookies enabled. There are two buttons to allow for this site or allow for all, both linking to "#" without javascript onclick. Probably harmless, but weird.
A "tehtered" jailbreak is like having to lug around a heavy weight chained to your ankle. You can do it, and it is better than still being in jail, but it is not ideal. This is the ball-and-chain jailbreak.
This is a hacked account, for which the owner can not be held responsible.
Why on earth would anyone even know which phone you are using? You don't mess with the phone while hanging out with someone, right? Keep it in your pocket, and preferably have it set to silent mode.
Apple incorporated all the good features that you got from a jailbreak into ios 4. The only reason to jailbreak now is to pirate apps, which is pathetic.
What is not clear from the summary, is that the iPhone 4 and below have bootrom level exploits. For the newer 3GS and all the 4's these are tethered type exploits. They are in the hardware and cannot be flashed to fix or changed in any normal firmware update.
What this means is every single version you can install on these phones will be jailbroken the minute the redsn0w maintainer checks compatibility and adds probably a line of code allowing this version.
Since iOS 303087475.1.1 will be jailbreakable instantly if Apple allows it on the iPhone 4, every version that comes out does not need a news story saying there is a tethered jailbreak for it.
No new exploits were used/exposed in this jailbreak either, so there is no downside to the dev team doing this. They will never expose a new exploit to jailbreak a beta version. This tethered jailbreak does not apply for the 4S or iPad 2/3. These devices have no discovered hardware exploits (that anyone has let on anyways). The jailbreaks have relied on flaws in the backup/restore process and some other stuff.
It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Why is it that there are so many foul mouthed, rabid comments by detractors of iOS all over the interwebs? I would like to believe that these folks are paid shills; it would make more sense.
I love FOSS, I run Ubuntu Linux on a Mac Pro, and I own a jailbroken iPhone on which I can install whatever I want using dpkg and apt-get (yes, Debian tools are the jailbreakers' favorite ones).
I have tried Android, and while I love the fact that Android is based on Linux, I have found that a jailbroken iPhone offers me much of the same flexibility.
Frankly, I wish jailbreaking an iOS device was impossible. Why? Because it might actually stop people from considering iOS devices as worth buying, because of what they can do when jailbroken. As long as its easy to climb over the walls the gardener builds around his garden, far fewer people care that the walls are there in the first place.
As users, we should have the ability to run whatever damn software we please on the hardware we've bought. And no, we shouldn't have to hack our devices for that privilege. Yes, even software that the platform vendor doesn't approve of.
(Every time Microsoft even ponders things for PCs that vaguely resemble what Apple does on iOS, the community screams for blood. I only wish the same level of anger, from the same individuals, would get pointed at Apple once in a while.)
... such as? the froyo phone I had at my last job had less features than my 3gs... not to mention was bogged down with horrible and useless shit from both the manufacturer and telco.
... wait, what?
I can install whatever fucking software I want. It's called a developer license.
Seriously, WTF is your problem at all? I've yet to find a software outside the App Store (i.e. available only for jailbroken iPhones or iPads) that I really need.
So, for all practical purposes, there is no issue here. I do see the philosophical argument, which is why my heart is with the jailbreakers. But for my day-to-day usage, I don't need it, and neither do millions of other people. So why are you so angry?
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Not shills... Neckbeards who have associated their identity with Android. In a word: Fanboids.
You know that ain't true. It's the other way around. You install what's available, and ask yourself, why would I ever need anything again?
Truth is, it's enough for your average joe, but not for nerds.
I'm running a full Debian install on top of my Ice Cream Sandwich install on my Galaxy. That includes Apache, mysql and PHP. It's a portable webserver, and it comes in handy more than once when you are a dev. Try doing that on your phone ...
Anyway, you started your post with "it's called a developer license". You should have stopped RIGHT THERE. Do you realize you need a LICENSE to install software ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER (Yes, the iPhone is a computer)?
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
"detractors of ios?"
Detractors ... interesting. You are using the same words as crazy christians who thing anybody that doesn't validate their imaginary friend is attacking them.
Good choice of words if you ask me, Apple is a religion.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
What? Maybe it's because I don't give a fuck what other people think, or about what's socially acceptable, I have way too much important stuff to do to care about such mundane concepts, but I don't really understand your post. Like, at all. Care to elaborate on that?
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
Generally speaking, it was a joke about/a cheap shot at people who buy Apple products, based on some anecdotal evidence.
The situation that stands out the most to me happened a few months back when I was having a discussion about mobile tech with one of my friend's siblings (who is in the 16-19 year old range). He was rocking a iPhone and studio-style Beats Audio headphone combo. When I explained to him that for the features he cared about, he could have gotten a set of actual professional studio headphones and an Android-based phone for significantly less money and superior hardware/feature sets, he just scoffed at me and said something along the lines of "these are cooler."
His purchasing decision wasn't made based on which product was best suited for doing a given task, but which has the greatest external "coolness" factor.
I understand that not everyone who buys Apple products does so for social acceptance. However, in my experience, that's generally not the case. Also, generalizations and exaggerations tend to make mediocre jokes a tad funnier. :P
You know that ain't true. It's the other way around. You install what's available, and ask yourself, why would I ever need anything again?
You can't read my mind, so stop projecting yours.
I don't use an iPad as my main computer, I need it as a mobile device for when I'm on the road. I have a developer license specifically so I can write stuff for myself that's not available. Know what? I've yet to find something non-trivial that I need and that's not there. Most of what I'd love to see is iPad ports of software I use on my main computer. The issue with that is never the App Store and never will.
No, I'll be honest, thinking about it there is in fact one piece of software that will probably be available for jailbroken devices only if at all - a WiFi analyser/cracker. I've never really needed one, but it's something I could imagine I might want to have one day.
I'm running a full Debian install on top of my Ice Cream Sandwich install on my Galaxy. That includes Apache, mysql and PHP. It's a portable webserver, and it comes in handy more than once when you are a dev. Try doing that on your phone ...
I don't see why I would want to, and I am doing software development on LAMP stacks. But my phone is a client, not a server. I deploy my web apps to my server, not to my phone. But if for whatever reason you do it the other way around, hey I'm not going to stop you at all.
Do you realize you need a LICENSE to install software ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER (Yes, the iPhone is a computer)?
Yes, I do. That is why I wrote that I do see the philosophical argument. However, I should have mentioned that my profession is IT security and compliance. I understand the geek desire to have admin rights on your machine, and I understand the organisations need to limit admin rights. That's a slightly different scenario, because the organisation owns the computers, but a similar argument can be constructed.
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