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“There are good reasons for keeping jailbreaks [ ] closed source”
- rvz 5y agoVery weak reasoning here. > Both are actively maintained by groups of people who know what they are doing. Just like when TaIG knew what they were doing. [0] What stops a random organization to sponsor these projects which a behind-closed-door deal that also includes bundling third-party code which is used for ads or data collection? I said this before with checkra1n [1] and I’ll say it again: Use at your own risk. We are still waiting for checkra1n to be open source despite them saying an open source release is ‘coming soon’. [0] https://9to5mac.com/2013/12/22/ios-7-jailbreak-installs-pirate-app-store-if-your-device-language-is-chinese/ https://9to5mac.com/2013/12/22/ios-7-jailbreak-installs-pira... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21500580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21500580
- ev1 5y ago> What stops a random organization to sponsor these projects which a behind-closed-door deal that also includes bundling third-party code which is used for ads or data collection? This is already a thing, a bunch of roots/bootloader unlocks on Android (kingroot?) install malware and adware.