Jailbreakme Author Comex Joins Apple as Intern
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If you can’t beat them, assimilate them. This seems to be the message coming from Apple, which has just hired JailBreakMe.com author Nicholas Allegra as an intern.
Allegra, aka Comex, Tweeted the news today (or yesterday, depending on where you are in the world). “So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple,” he wrote.
JailBreakMe is a browser exploit which lets iOS users jailbreak their iDevices simply by visiting a cleverly crafted web page with that device. It exploits an error in the PDF display code in specific versions of iOS, gaining root access and installing an alternative app store, Cydia. If that sounds scary, its because it is. Apple released patches very quickly in each case.
Ironically, until Apple fixed these exploits, the only way to protect yourself was to Jailbreak your iPhone and install a patch from Cydia.
Now, it looks like the poacher has joined the gamekeepers. Good luck, Comex! I hope Apple hires you.
See Also:
- JailbreakMe Unlocks iPhone 4, iPad With Your Browser
- Apple Blocks Jailbreakme.com From Stores, Pranksters Undeterred …
- Jailbreakme 3.0: Unlock Your iPad 2 From the Browser
- Apple Closes JailbreakMe Security Hole
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