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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.4 to Address Latest Jailbreaking Vulnerability
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Apple is patching the legitimate security vulnerability that allowed the jailbreakme break to work. Which could be used by other for malicious purposes.
It's a good precaution for Apple to take. Luckily the jailbreak community has already released their own fix, which means those jailbroken can keep their jailbreak and sense of security.
Oh, apple, you're always focusing your energy on the right things.
Couldn't they just wait 2 months for iOS 5 to let us have our jailbreak fun with 4.3?
Couldn't they just wait 2 months for iOS 5 to let us have our jailbreak fun with 4.3?
It being legal doesn't mean Apple has to like it. They can make it more difficult for you, but they cant sue you. I'm no lawyer, but that's my interpretation.
Since the PDF exploit is usable for far more than just a jailbreak, it's a genuine security risk.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a jailbreaker myself, but even comex himself will tell you that these PDF exploits could easily be put to bad use if people chose to use them that way. Comex even wrote a fix for this vulnerability, and posted it on Cydia, so that after people had jailbroken their phones, they could close the vulnerability without waiting on Apple.
Jailbreaking IS legal, but that doesn't mean Apple has to like it. They're well within their rights to attempt to close the holes that allow it. The ruling more or less just gave users the right to attempt to jailbreak. It doesn't make vulnerabilities in the iOS code an inalienable right that Apple has to put in/leave in.
Apologies if this has been addressed in another post (redirect appreciated), but has anyone else had issues with their Home button? I find that sometimes it doesn't respond when I press it once, so then I press it again and it acts as if I'd pressed it twice (which, technically, I did I guess).
I have one or two friends that have the same issue. I wonder if this is a software thing or a faulty hardware thing.
Thanks.
Holler.
I have one or two friends that have the same issue. I wonder if this is a software thing or a faulty hardware thing.
Thanks.
Holler.
Because there is a lot more that Apple would have to develop than they have resources for. CDMA and GSM are different builds entirely. It doesn't make any sense to do major development like what you are proposing for a build when the code is coming together for 5.0.
Yes. But that doesn't mean that Apple has to endorse or support such activities. Just because an action is legal doesn't mean that Apple can't fix the bugs that jail-breakers exploit.
Apple views jail-breaking as authorized exploits (since that's how they work). They break on every OS upgrade. That's just how the jail-breaking scenario works.
I find it a bit amusing that a patch was released on Cydia alongside the jailbreakme.com JB, and it took Apple this long to create their own patch.
I think I'll stick with 4.3.3 and the few JB enhancements that I've made on my iP4.
I thought it was legal to cheat on your girlfriend? Why does your girlfriend keep checking up on you then?
Just because something is legal, doesn't make Apple dissuading you from doing this illegal.
That's like not locking you front door because you're afraid that you may someday lose your keys...
The fact is that the security vulnerability is very severe. It would be unwise to leave it open. Either install the Apple patch or JB and use the Cydia patch. Whatever you do, don't just sit on the fence and pretend you're safe.
wouldnt having the lock on your door give you 2 options? lock it or unlock it
this update does not give you a 2nd option
Every phone can be restored to factory conditions. There is nothing that can be done with a jailbreak that can mess up a phone to require a replacement. Stop spreading propaganda.
Comex has had a long time to write the patch posted on Cydia....he wasn't just going to release it with no way to close the security hole
To patch the VULNERABILITIES that allow for jail-breaking.
Jail-breaking is way outside the TOS and Apple warranty, so Apple can treat it however they like. Since it's a vulnerability Apple acts accordingly.
It's not incumbent on Apple to "support" vulnerabilities that also happen to allow you to run anything you like on it.
If you don't like it, you can choose a platform that is built almost entirely around such vulnerabilities. Accordingly, you'll also experience the consequences.
I figured Apple held back fixes, just waiting for a new jailbreak exploit so they would have a "real" reason to release an update.
Seems this update is *just* for a jailbreak. No thanks. Jailbroken devices can already patch/close the hole.
Seems this update is *just* for a jailbreak. No thanks. Jailbroken devices can already patch/close the hole.
it still voids your warranty... thats not propaganda... read the User Agreement LOL
yep this is only good news,
don't get me wrong I have absolutely nothing at all against jailbreaking using your computer because you actually have to do physically do it yourself
I only have issue with the 'remote' jailbreak because of the very real potential of abuse and misuse.
don't get me wrong I have absolutely nothing at all against jailbreaking using your computer because you actually have to do physically do it yourself
I only have issue with the 'remote' jailbreak because of the very real potential of abuse and misuse.
wouldnt having the lock on your door give you 2 options? lock it or unlock it
this update does not give you a 2nd option
Analogies aside, I understand that you JB your phone and most likely has the remedy in place already. That said, it's reckless to recommend others to remain vulnerable.
FTR - I support Jailbreaking as a valid solution to this problem. What I don't support is ignoring it.