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There is a supposedly 'unpatchable' new jailbreak for most currently-in-use iPhones, it seems: https://www.cnet.com/news/theres-a-new-jailbreak-for-millions-of-
by leoc 7y ago
There is a supposedly 'unpatchable' new jailbreak for most currently-in-use iPhones, it seems: https://www.cnet.com/news/theres-a-new-jailbreak-for-millions-of-iphones-and-apple-cant-patch-it/ https://www.cnet.com/news/theres-a-new-jailbreak-for-million... .
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoI Jailbreak my own iPhone, and I'm personally delighted about checkm8. But for most people, this is yet another "unrealistic workaround". Imagine you're a Hong Kong protester. You're spending a significant portion of your time in the streets, and the rest at work, or school, or whatever other life tasks you're responsible for. Do you really want to spend an hour reading up on how to Jailbreak your phone? And then, because this is a "tethered" Jailbreak, what happens if your phone reboots and you're not near a computer? There is a balance to be struck here. Sideloading can't be too easy, lest people get tricked into doing it. But it shouldn't require more than five minutes, and it should be a one-time process. (Or at least nearly-one-time: making it annual might be reasonable.)
- leoc 7y agoYes, I certainly wasn't suggesting "just jailbreak lol" as an easy answer to the iOS problem. But it might be, at least, the least-unrealistic option right now, so it probably deserves a mention.