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Pod2g Confirms iOS 6, iOS 6.1 Beta 4 Untethered Jailbreak
hypnosec writes "Well known iOS security researcher Pod2g has confirmed that a working untethered iOS 6 jailbreak is ready and would be released as soon as iOS 6.1 GM is released. In an interview with iDigitalTimes, the security researcher has revealed that they are already in possession of a functional untethered iOS 6 and iOS 6.1 beta 4 jailbreak, and the majority of the work has been done by @planetbeing and @pimskeks. '6.0 is jailbroken, 6.1 beta 4 also. Now we are waiting 6.1 to confirm and release,' said the researcher. He said that the jailbreak would have been possible without him as he came into the iOS 6 jailbreak scene at a later stage and provided pointers that pushed the other researchers to the maximum."
Three cheers for our new digital heros. Is it now left up to hackers to fight for our freedoms? Do *your* part!
Three cheers for our new digital heros.
...Apparently though its not Apple who are pretty much been anti-consumer for some time with EFF and others trying to keep the option of jailbreaking legal (Its still illegal on your iPad)
This is back from 2010 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/feds-ok-iphone-jailbreaking/ [wired.com] The PDF about Apples responce and basically jailbreaking does this,
"Crashes & instability
Malfunctioning & safety
Invasion of privacy
Exposing children to age-inappropriate content
Viruses & malware
Inability to update software
Cellular network impact
Piracy of developers’ applications
Instability of developers’ applications
Increased support burden
Developer relationships
The Apple/iPhone brand
Limitation on ability to innovate"
It also says your breaking Licence agreements and copyright infringement too as well as well as DMCA anti-circumvention
Boycott Apple products...Its not like there are mass of better value alternatives, that support this.
No, he's just giving the other two the credit they deserve and says that he wasn't required, he was only helpful in polishing the jailbreak.
I aprove this new terminology.
why, again, is everyone so keen to buy devices that obey someone else?
Because a lot of people care more about usability and functionality than openness and freedom. As long as people can use Facebook and Youtube on their iPhone, they're perfectly fine with it.
Pretty good is actually pretty bad.
why, again, is everyone so keen to buy devices that obey someone else?
Because sometimes only "devices that obey someone else" are available to the public at all. Case in point: Which set-top video game player obeys its owner, as opposed to its manufacturer? Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony consoles obey their manufacturer, and until very recently (Steam Big Picture), PCs haven't been marketed for set-top gaming use.
Because a lot of people care more about usability and functionality than openness and freedom.
False dichotomy. Openness does not preclude usability or functionality. In fact, it often enhances functionality. Simple UIs and "safe" software sources can be put on top of open systems.
I've been waiting for this, if only to run SBSettings on my iPad Mini.
#DeleteChrome
False or not. iOS is stable and easy to use
SJWs are the new boogeyman. -Me
My cousin ordered an Ouya. But I see about two hurdles before Ouya becomes a viable alternative: final units have to ship in April, and it has to be in enough English-speaking households that at least small companies find it profitable to target. Consider the history of other alternatives to Sony and Nintendo handheld platforms: GamePark Holdings' products failed to catch on outside Korea as far as I can tell; Pandora shipped so late that Android-powered smartphones filled three-fourths of its niche; and the nD appears to have been canceled. Was there a very good reason why these failed?
I take it your showing the truest of traits around here, you didn't read the rest of the paragraph.
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I'm thinking you're missing the ecosystem of the iOS operating environment.
It's a choice people make, and if you don't like it then you can just not use it. It's by far not a false dichotomy... by very nature if it's open then the user can freely place untested things onto the device. For those that want to not worry about what goes onto their phone or iPad, this is what's desired. If you want Linux (or ubuntu) on your phone, go for a phone that does not have that.
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If the Apple ecosystem is too closed for you, resulting in you needing to jump through all these jailbreaking hoops, why buy an Apple product in the first place? Why not buy something else from the get-go?
Apple has lost 1/3 of its value since Fall of 2012. I think we should give them a little slack. More than half their profits come from the one product, the iPhone. They have a lot of exposure to changing tastes, and their sales projections for iPhones in China were way missed. Investors are getting out of Apple faster than a drunk junior gets out of a prom dress. Their management is probably suffering from PTSD right about now, so we probably shouldn't hold their behavior against them.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Man, their policies bug me, many things about their products bug me and I lean linux for OS of choice. But a few years back I got an ipod touch ?3rdgen? for a 1 moth sobriety present (yay me). I tried not to let my normal snobbishness show as I unwrapped and started to play with the thing. I quickly fell in love with it -32jibbies of storage -apps like stanza, google maps, skype, etc. Music at my fingertips --and my favourite apps: a guutar toolkit with a great tuner and metronome and a simple 4-track. The thing lasted forever and never left my side. One day I found jailbreaking was NOT some uber-geek-hax0r trick and here I sit with my lovely ipod touch 5 (6.0.1) just DROOLING for 6.1 to get released so I can get the functionality of a jailbreak back. I'm not talling cracked apps that I don't pay for -they mean little to nothing to me. I pay for apps that work and ask for payment. I mean things like sbsettings, cydia, the ability to play around inside my device, a sense of OWNING my device. Imagine THAT? actually owning something that you paid for.
I'm not saying the one cancels out the other. I'm just saying people like a thing that works and is easy to use. The iPhone is that. Whether it's open or free doesn't matter to most consumers. This answers the question why people buy these sort of systems in the first place.
Pretty good is actually pretty bad.
It took you days to fiddle with the audio buttons on the side of your phone when you had an issue with the sound?
Wow.
Pretty good is actually pretty bad.
Because each and every one of you are idiots. Nothing more.
SJWs are the new boogeyman. -Me
This is rarely mentioned in these types of stories, but I think it's worth highlighting: jailbreaks are security vulnerabilities. If these guys know about a security vulnerability but are deliberately postponing release so that Apple don't patch it before 6.1 is released, they are deliberately choosing a course of action that harms users. Are there any other situations in which irresponsible disclosure is so accepted, or is it just when Apple are the target?
Bogtha Bogtha Bogtha
Which actually eliminated nothing other than a potential transfer of money.
If you're referring to the fact that only damages have already been awarded so far, I seem to remember that Apple is also seeking an injunction.
One Windows or OSX computer is almost exactly like any other - don't have to worry about not having the correct versions of many different libraries, or system files not being in the same place on every distro.
For the record this is true of each Linux distribution as well. One Ubuntu computer is the same as any other, and it'll stay the same on any other distribution that closely follows Debian.
So long as you stick to the distro's own store or repository, all is well - venture outside, and trouble looms.
At least on Ubuntu and other distributions based on Debian, there's a middle ground: third-party repositories designed for a particular distribution. Ubuntu calls them PPAs.
Pretty much all of those problems go away if you build from source
Except that there are several kinds of application where there's no business model to allow building from source. The canonical examples are games, playback software for rented videos, and tax preparation software.
If piracy isn't a factor, it can mean the ecosystem has twice to 10 times the revenue as before.
You appear to assume that every single user who infringes copyright would have paid full price for the software otherwise. Or what am I missing?
Why not buy something else from the get-go?
What is Android's counterpart to the iPod touch (a 4" tablet)?
Perhaps the idea is that if it were disclosed to Apple, Apple would fix it the wrong way. An application whitelist that a computing device's owner does not control is not the correct solution to the problem of malware. The correct solution is a robust capability framework, as seen in OLPC Bitfrost and (to a lesser extent) in Android.