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Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by okket »

bitwise-evan wrote: post #40
okket wrote: post #36

Unless there are encryption keys hidden in source code that I can't find, I fail to see the implications of this leak.

It is much easier to find security vulnerabilities if you have the source code.

Then maybe Apple leaked this code intentionally to harvest free security reviews?

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by stuntkite »

Does this mean Jailbreaking might be a thing again? I've been wanting to use some iOS devices (like 6 and newer) for some projects and now jailbreaking is super dead. I am not an embedded wizard, but I think it's pretty hard to get a new bootloader on an iOS device currently. Does anyone have better info on that?

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by saagarjha »

flyGuyOnTheSly wrote: post #28
voltagex_ wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Don't overreact.

We're already on pretty shaky ground... biggest Net Change drop in DOW Jones history just happened 3 days ago.

…which was completely unrelated to this at all?

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by saagarjha »

murukesh_s wrote: post #35

Can we figure out where they are putting the 'code' to slow down the older phones? If we can figure it out it could be a big shame for Apple, if any..

Maybe the fact that nobody has found it yet means that it doesn't exist? The "code" behind battery throttling as already been found (as in, it's been disassembled).

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by kiliankoe »

stuntkite wrote: post #42

Does this mean Jailbreaking might be a thing again? I've been wanting to use some iOS devices (like 6 and newer) for some projects and now jailbreaking is super dead. I am not an embedded wizard, but I think it's pretty hard to get a new bootloader on an iOS device currently. Does anyone have better info on that?

Wasn't an iOS 11 jailbreak announced just the other day? I don't think the scene is dead at all, it's just that many of us who once used jailbreaks on every iOS version no longer do and don't follow those news anymore.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by imron »

kiliankoe wrote: post #46
stuntkite wrote: post #42

Does this mean Jailbreaking might be a thing again? I've been wanting to use some iOS devices (like 6 and newer) for some projects and now jailbreaking is super dead. I am not an embedded wizard, but I think it's pretty hard to get a new bootloader on an iOS device currently. Does anyone have better info on that?

Wasn't an iOS 11 jailbreak announced just the other day? I don't think the scene is dead at all, it's just that many of us who once used jailbreaks on every iOS version no longer do and don't follow those news anymore.

There's also the fact that if you have an exploit for a recent iPhone, that can sell for upwards of a million dollars (edit: $1.5 million for a remote jailbreak with persistence: https://www.zerodium.com/program.html).

If you have the capabilities to hack the iPhone you are then faced with a question - do you release it for free or do you sell it for a million dollars.

A million dollars is life changing enough that many hackers will take that option.

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