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iPad jailbreak after less than 24 hours
- viraptor 17y agoIsn't that the method which was already known on iPhone but not published, exactly because they were waiting for iPad to come out? (so they could use the same method on both)
- timdorr 17y agoYes. And it's userland, meaning you can visit a website in MobileSafari and jailbreak the device, similar to jailbreakme.com back in the day.
- milkshakes 17y agodoes this mean that any website can potentially run code as root on my iPad?
- ptomato 17y agoIf that's the case then yes, yes it does, so Apple will fix this like they did when that was the case back with the iPhone.
- cmelbye 17y agoThose were the days...
- vaksel 17y agoI don't see why companies even bother doing this, if it'll just get jail broken a few days after release....especially if it's such a popular product like the iPad.
- lionhearted 17y agoRegular, non-power users won't jailbreak.
- dimarco 17y agoDoes that justify spending (presumably) tons of money and time on trying to prevent power users from jailbreaking?
- ErrantX 17y agoYes, because if it is non-trivial then more people will do it...
- protomyth 17y agoThe enterprise is the justification. If a device is stolen and can be jail broken, then the remote wipe and where is tools won't work.
- spicyj 17y agoAs it is, thieves can simply remove the corporate email account from the device and then it will no longer communicate with the server.
- lionhearted 17y agoThey apparently think it does. Philosophically and personally, I prefer more open platforms, but it's one of two things - either they're running some cost/benefit analysis that says it's a good move strategically - more sales or easier to preserve a better brand image or more secondary sales. Or, and this is quite possible too, they agree to some basic security measures by contract with a partner of theirs - perhaps AT&T in Apple's case.
- sjs 17y agoNot to mention the media cartels.
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- archgoon 17y agoBecause if a user does this, than Apple doesn't have to support them, which significantly reduces the sorts of problems tech support has to deal with. It allows them to control the "standard user experience". As pointed out above, most people aren't going to jail break it.
- grinich 17y agoThis isn't so surprising to me. The iPad runs iPhone OS and the 3.2 seed has been available to developers for some time. "iPhone OS" is a bit of a misnomer, since it refers to the software running on iPhone, iPod touch, and now iPad. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_OS)
- st3fan 17y agoIt is surprising, because the 3.2 Seed only ran in the simulator, which is completely different than a real device.
- abalashov 17y agoGood; so there is at least a glimmer of possibility that the iPad can be useful for something.
- briancooley 17y agoHooray! The children are saved!
- sstrudeau 17y agoBy teaching them it's ok to break the law to run their own code on a device they own without the approval of the manufacturer? This is progress?
- kevinbutler 17y agoChange "break the law" to "go against the wishes of the copyright holder", and the answer is yes. When you buy the device, it's yours. The perception that copyright allows the copyright holder to dictate everything you do with a device or piece of content is spurious, and the more people realize that, the better. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking-illegal http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking... kb
- orangecat 17y agoThe perception that copyright allows the copyright holder to dictate everything you do with a device or piece of content is spurious In a reasonable world, this would be true. But sadly Apple is most likely correct as a matter of law. The DMCA prohibits "circumvention" of copyright protection measures, regardless of whether you're doing so for the purpose of copyright infringement. It's a backdoor method of eliminating fair use, and like many other companies Apple has figured out how to take advantage of it to deny our property rights.
- NathanKP 17y agoI don't think the children were ever in any danger. If anything, having to jailbreak the iPad is more of a challenge and promotes the hacking spirit. Further on down the thread someone mentions the fact that in Turkey, most of the iPhone users, even non-power users, have jailbroken iPhones. I think that in this respect Apple's attempt at security may even promote hacking and jailbreaking. It may be a healthy experience to start with a locked device and have to jailbreak it.
- messel 17y agoSlightly OT but is anyone aware of variant OS installations on iPad (was the mentioned Cydia one example?). Love the feel of device, would be much happier browsing with Chrome, and copying media/software as I wish. The Apple hardware/software coupling always frustrates me.
- pronoiac 17y agoCydia's a package manager, aiding in software installation. First the software has to be available, though. I haven't heard of serious attempts to support another OS on the iPhone or iPod Touch, even. Linux on the iPod fizzled out years ago.
- prgmatic 17y agoThis is why I F*ING love hackers.