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Ipad 2 gets jailbroken two days after release
SHINY TOY MAKER Apple has had its Ipad 2 jailbroken within days of its release, despite Apple having updated IOS.
Iphone developer and hacker Comex has demonstrated the ability to run Cydia on an Ipad 2. Cydia is the application used to access third party app stores on IOS devices, where uses can download applications that might not be approved by Apple on its tightly controlled App Store.
Comex tweeted that the IOS 4.3 jailbreak would have been revealed yesterday, "if I didn't have to spend 1.5 days looking for a replacement exploit (which came from a most unexpected place...)". As is customary, the talented hacker would not publicly reveal the back door used to bypass Apple's control procedures in order to keep it open for as long as possible.
Ever since Apple launched IOS, it has been playing a game of cat and mouse with IOS hackers that have jailbroken and unlocked Iphones and Ipads through holes in IOS security. Apple usually patches up the holes with software updates, however it doesn't take long for hackers to find another way of showing up the fruit themed toymaker.
While Cydia has been shown to run on Apple's Ipad 2, the jailbreak has yet to be released, though we don't expect Comex and his crew to wait long. µ
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Jailbroken iOS devices are great for Apple - as long as there aren't too many of them.
Apple has to tread a very delicate line between keeping the user base happy and keeping the networks (who Apple hates) on board.
It's the networks that don't want people using their airtime allowance for tethering, or creating a Wi-Fi hotspot. Apple certainly don't get any money out of that. But Apple have to be seen to be making it hard for people to avoid the network's greed - as the networks already are pissed off enough already at not being able to impose their crappy music, MMS and other services on users.
True, Steve Jobs has strict ideas how iOS should be - but in truth there are enough legal ways to do things differently in iOS to give the lie to the idea that it's utterly controlled. Apple's main focus is to make sure that it's easy for non-geeks to use - and that people shouldn't be able to naively download an app that will screw up the user experience they expect.
However, by tolerating a low level of jailbreaking, Apple keeps (some of) the geeks on board. JB's can experiment with new ways of doing things, test out new ideas - and Apple doesn't get the blame if your phone gets borked.
Apple already made an official statement that it will ask for all IP addresses who have watched the video or visited the sites, except for those that used an iPad while doing so.
Apple should hire that hacker and maybe learn from him a thing or two about software security.