Apple can’t patch this through an update. It’s a hardware level exploit
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Checkm8 Exploit Opens Door to Unpatchable Jailbreak on iPhone 4S Through iPhone X
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Apple can’t patch this through an update. It’s a hardware level exploit
Ohh, quite the careful intentional edit you did there.
Curious as to your reasoning for leaving out the most important part - that Apple can patch devices to prevent this from happening in the future. NVM, just you and your usual tricks.
Is there anything exciting going on in the jailbreaking community anymore? Aside from using Apps you don't pay for, is there a reason to jailbreak anymore?
You going to wait for 25 years until it’s finished? Another comment you never thought through before posting.
Because that's not "patching", that's redesigning for future products.
Similar to "the Nintendo Switch isn't really hacked since in the future they can just release a new console with a different GPU that won't have the same flaw..."
Uh, they sure can fix it so it can’t work in the future. They can’t patch a device that’s already been broken. Huge difference.
The ROMS will probably be fixed on newer devices that were manufactured after the date the exploit was released, so it will not be all iphones probably, just ones that Apple didn't fix.
If I were Apple, the first thing I would do is make sure the hardware is fixed on inventory not already manufactured.
If I were Apple, the first thing I would do is make sure the hardware is fixed on inventory not already manufactured.
If they have had access to your phone, installed a patched version and then returned it, you'll be providing it to them when you go to use your phone next and that will then provide access to everything on the phone.
Apple has thought much of it through, but as I said, if they install spyware/malware while having some access to your device and you don't know it, everything is accessible.
It also provides access to the device in order to potentially prevent a lockout so that you can try all 4 digit combinations quite quickly. Ditto for 5 or 6 digit. Obviously it becomes exponentially more difficult as the length increases.
Every phone I’ve had serviced at the Apple Store has been jailbroken (albeit rebooted into a non jailbroken state). No warranty refusals ever.
If you have need for root access, then you know why you jailbreak/root your device. I see a lot of fud from the anti-jailbreak/anti-root crowd. Jailbreak makes you phone susceptible to mal-ware.
Hogwash. Stupidity is what makes you phone susceptible to mal-ware. Every phone I have ever used has been rooted and with no ill effect.The main reason I root/jailbreak is to install a firewall. That way, no misbehaving app or process can drain my data plan or access the wifi or mobile data. Now if Google or Apple ever implements a firewall in the OS, then I would have no reason to root my phone. Well, I do use a memory editor to cheat on games.
Yes, the vast majority of people have no need for root access. And to jailbreak just for the sake of jailbreaking is stupidity to the nth power.
No, this is very much something to worry about. The potential for this to be exploited by thieves or state-level actors is immense.
All it takes is someone with a momentary lapse of sense and plugging into the innocent looking USB charger at the airport in China, and now the red army is looking through all of your human rights activism.
This actually a big flippin' deal and should never have been released.
What are you talking about, it would have the same security measures as normal iOS does. Any lockscreen passcode.
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This reads, to me, like the hack actually jailbreaks your device, not that it only affects already jail broken devices.
No, it's just an exploit that could be used to write a jailbreak around. As well as to install spyware or extract data.
Who says it’s true? The guy who released it? Many of these types like to brag. Elsewhere I have read that, IF TRUE, this is no easy task and requires skill and additional hardware. So your typical jailbreaking teenager might not be able to. And the” unpatchable” claim remains to be seen also. Apple is no hillbilly hardware maker like Samsung or Huawei.
Again, IF this claim is true and we don’t know that yet.
It won't work unless the phone is in DFU mode. In order to get to DFU mode you have to physically put the phone in that state.
It's a bootrom exploit. Nobody will be installing anything on your phone... Unless you hand it to them and they DFU in to your phone and run the JB.... But at that point I think you have bigger problems.
I think the point is that Apple won't do phone/web support on a jailbroken phone. The hardware warranty wouldn't be affected but if someone brought in a jailbroken phone they'd get some static.
This is a big deal. You can update iOS and keep your jailbreak.
No patch to iOS could prevent a bootROM exploit from working. This is a flaw in the boot code built into the CPU via lithography. So a boot loader can be loaded, which then doesn't bother with security keys. Thus any modification to iOS can be made and booted. Good times.