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The Ipad is jail-broken already
APPLE'S WONDERFUL SECURITY, which is based on chanting a mantra that Steve Jobs says it is safe, has proven woefully inadequate yet again.
A renowned Iphone hacker had the whole thing jail-broken within seconds of removing the shrink wrapping and just 12 hours after the gizmo appeared in the shops.
"MuscleNerd" has been showing a video saying that he gained root access to the Ipad, which means he has control of the machine he paid lots of dosh for and not Steve Jobs.
His Ipad can run any code, not just company-approved software available through its online store.
The method he used is similar to an exploit that cracks the Iphone. After all they both have the same operating system so it was a bit of a no-brainer.
We would have thought that Apple would have slipped in a few improvements to stop this sort of thing, but obviously not. Security problems are only for Windows machines. µ
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To those ranting that jailbreaking a device means there's a security issue; you're missing the argument. If you tell me a device, network or computer is not secure, that strongly and almost solely implies that downloading content, browsing the web, or joining that wireless network puts the device/computer at risk for hackers, malicious software, and viruses to impact or receive data from the device/computer. Jailbreaking a device is something the user intentionally does, and takes time out of their day to do it. Is it "hacking" the device? Sure. But that's not to imply the device isn't secure. There reason being that someone else isn't hacking into the device, the owner is: and for the the device to be hacked in the first place, it would have to be in the owner's physical possession for at least half an hour.
So let's tell this in story format:
Fred owns 2 iPads. Fred jailbreaks one of his iPads using his laptop. That iPad is now "hacked".
Fred forgets his non-jailbroken iPad at a local coffee shop. A "hacker" steals his iPad, and jailbreaks it. The "hacker" keeps the iPad for himself.
You see, now we have a "stolen" iPad... but only because the "hacker" was in possession of the iPad long enough to "hack" that iPad the same way Fred jailbroke his other iPad. Now, let's just say the "hacker" gave Fred the iPad back AFTER jailbreaking it; well this is just an example of a terrible criminal.
So I suppose you're all right; the iPad isn't secure , but only because it's not secured TO something with a chain of sorts. Could there be security issues with an iPad after jailbreaking? Sure...But how the iPad comes brand new and un-jailbroken, it's secure. Other than that, to "hack" the iPad means the "hacker" has the device in his hands; which is now just called stealing.
Bottom line: as long as Fred keeps his non-jailbroken iPad in his hands (or in line of sight at the least) so as not be stolen and used by someone else for 30min... Fred doesn't have to worry about his iPad not being secure.
In addition to GIlbo's comment above, jailbroken devices are more susceptible to malware so it's a security issue on both sides of the fence. Only an Apple zombie conditioned to believe that the company's toys are magically protected from the maladies of more ordinary technology is going to believe otherwise.
When you jailbreak an Iphone or Ipad you void the warranty, right?
I'm sure Apple is happy when they have fewer warranties to honor.
Sorry, fellas, you're wrong.
Take one iPhone, recover it using jailbroken firmware, install SSH, log-in, SSH back to client PC and let 'dd' work its magic over your LAN.
Hey presto, one sector cloned disk image of the entire iPhone and most of what used to be on it for you to peruse at your leisure.
Jailbreaking is very much a security issue.
"- hold the device in your hands and press a specific complex sequence of buttons to put it into a restore mode"
You dumb, you act like a they had a qwerty, they only have 2 buttons. A home key and a on key.
Ive done it before, there is nothing dificult about restore mode.
- run a program that modifies it
download one. theres a lot of ipfw's on the net.
- plug the device into your computer
oh man that one is tough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- use iTunes to install your modified OS image
ohh no its so hard to find the start button on this windows machines!! why cant they have a bar at the bottom of the screen with big icons!! Oh wait theyve had a quick launch for a long time, but win7 got rid of it.
- use iTunes to restore your own data from your backup
wheres that stupid restore button on itunes!! OH NO.
Cracking an iPad is not a security issue. It's about the freedom to run whatever apps you want.
Apple doesn't really care. If they did they certainly have the smarts to do the iPad up tight as a drum. They're just going through the motions.
if this is true then there may now be a genuine reason to own one!
why anyone would want to own a fully restricted device is beyond my comprehension. if you buy something, you own it all, not whatever the maker decides you are entitled to....
nazis
I'm not sure how you can use the existence of jailbreaking to imply that there is a security problem.
In order to jailbreak the current iPhone (and I assume iPad too), you need to:
- have a copy of the OS installer on your computer
- run a program that modifies it
- use iTunes to make a backup of your device on your computer
- hold the device in your hands and press a specific complex sequence of buttons to put it into a restore mode
- plug the device into your computer
- use iTunes to install your modified OS image
- use iTunes to restore your own data from your backup
This can only be done by someone with physical access to the iPhone or iPad for half an hour or so AND to the right account on the computer that it is synch'd to. If you plug it into any other computer at the point of making a backup then the device will be wiped instead. Someone can take your iPhone (and optionally jailbreak it) and put *their* data on to it, but they can't get *your* data.
The type of security problem that rational people are concerned about is a web site that they casually visit being able to take over their machine.
Those are very different things, and trying to equate them in people's minds is unhelpful and irresponsible.