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Windows RT Jailbreak Tool Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the right-tool-for-the-job dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the Windows RT operating system had been jailbroken to allow for the execution of unsigned ARM desktop applications. Microsoft quickly issued a statement saying it does not consider the findings to be part of a security vulnerability, and applauded the hacker for his ingenuity. Now, a Windows RT jailbreak tool has been released."

4 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. ARMless by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 5, Funny

    allow for the execution of unsigned ARM desktop applications

    Awesome! Quick, somebody write some applications!

  2. congrats! by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure the three people using windows rt are grateful.

    1. Re:congrats! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm sure the three people using windows rt are grateful.

      Those three people? They're WINNING.

      They are not full of grate, they are full of windows.

  3. Re:Applause? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linus Torvald hereby announces that he will be the only person with Root access on all Linux systems. He will not share the passwords with anybody.

    Theo removes Root access even from himself.