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General How will iOS 7 change jailbreaking?

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guitarmandp

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If the rumors that we are hearing are to be believed iOS 7 is a major overhaul and the key people who designed the original iOS are either dead (Steve Jobs) or were fired.

So if it turns out that iOS 7 is unrecognizeable from iOS 6 do you think this could possibly even eliminate Jailbreaking?

Also if the rumors are true are the exploits that the hackers are holding on to still relevant?
 
guitarmandp said:
If the rumors that we are hearing are to be believed iOS 7 is a major overhaul and the key people who designed the original iOS are either dead (Steve Jobs) or were fired.

So if it turns out that iOS 7 is unrecognizeable from iOS 6 do you think this could possibly even eliminate Jailbreaking?

Also if the rumors are true are the exploits that the hackers are holding on to still relevant?
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Who knows? It's not even out yet!
 
guitarmandp said:
If the rumors that we are hearing are to be believed iOS 7 is a major overhaul and the key people who designed the original iOS are either dead (Steve Jobs) or were fired.

So if it turns out that iOS 7 is unrecognizeable from iOS 6 do you think this could possibly even eliminate Jailbreaking?

Also if the rumors are true are the exploits that the hackers are holding on to still relevant?
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Brilliant post.
 
guitarmandp said:
If the rumors that we are hearing are to be believed iOS 7 is a major overhaul and the key people who designed the original iOS are either dead (Steve Jobs) or were fired.

So if it turns out that iOS 7 is unrecognizeable from iOS 6 do you think this could possibly even eliminate Jailbreaking?

Also if the rumors are true are the exploits that the hackers are holding on to still relevant?
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OP, do you know how jailbreaking works? In a simple language, the way it works is by finding loopholes/exploits and using them to inject codes. Just because iOS 7 is going to be different from iOS 6 does not mean that jailbreaking will cease to exist. Yes, it may be even more secure but humans make mistakes and there will always be loopholes/exploits. No operating systems out there is perfect. Software will always have bugs/loopholes/exploits. I hope that clears up your confusion.

Now, with all that said, it is possible that people may give up finding exploits or it may take a really long time.
 
If there are significant re-writes--meaning new code--then there could be a whole bunch of new vulnerabilities. If anything, the changes in iOS 7 bode well for JBing. Further refinement of the iOS 6 infrastructure would mean better-hardened and de-bugged code, and more difficulty for jailbreaking.
 
tygrubb said:
If there are significant re-writes--meaning new code--then there could be a whole bunch of new vulnerabilities. If anything, the changes in iOS 7 bode well for JBing. Further refinement of the iOS 6 infrastructure would mean better-hardened and de-bugged code, and more difficulty for jailbreaking.
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Oh yeah. I didn't even think about that when I posted earlier.
 
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