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Evad3rs Announce iOS 7 Jailbreak For Latest Apple Devices

Posted by timothy on from the taketh-and-giveth-away dept.

hypnosec writes "Evad3rs, the famous iOS jailbreak team, has announced an iOS 7 jailbreak that will work in all iDevices including iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and iPad Air running iOS 7.0 through to iOS 7.0.4. The iOS 7 jailbreak was announced without much of a hype, unlike the one for iOS 6. 'Merry Christmas! The iOS 7 jailbreak has been released at http://evasi0n.com/! All donations will go to @publicknowledge, @eff and @ffii,' tweeted evad3rs." Reader FrogBlastTheVentCore adds a note of caution: "They recommend restoring your device to iOS 7.0.4 if it has received OTA updates before attempting to jailbreak."

2 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nice, but... by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Regardless of where the code is or when it was written, I have a root-level vulnerability that makes my phone insecure. I wish jailbreaking were both unneeded (because you could easily install your own software through official means) and impossible (because there weren't any security holes to exploit).

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
  2. DO NOT USE - Super sketchy stuff happening by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read Stefan Esser's Twitter feed for some off the problems with this jailbreak relating to a mandatory Chinese app store that get installed for some users (featuring pirated apps). They also left other members of the community like Saurik out, which is just odd. I wouldn't trust my devices with personal information with the current jailbreak.