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Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/tree/master/include/drive... Now that these drivers have been leaked, would it be possible to run Linux on old iPhones? From my understanding, the main reason it couldn't be done is because nobody had access to the driver source code, and now..

Hijacking your post to add link to the repo that's not DMCAd https://0xacab.org/sizeofcat/iBoot/

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

#82

From the source_layout.txt in /docs: ... /arch/arm ARM-specific code. /docs Optimisim. /drivers Portable drivers and driver infrastructure. ... There's more documentation in this folder than most projects have :)

From the IO Spreadsheet Standard document (in /docs):

"This document describes the format of the I/O Spreadsheet for iOS Products. (...) The I/O spreadsheet shall be sheet in an Excel workbook."

Numbers? Nope, Excel.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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post #78
post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing significant was missing. For some reason the press relayed the news as "Windows NT and a small portion of Windows 2k source code were leaked". This was false, possibly started my Microsoft itself to downplay the scope of the leak. Virtually everything was there. Some people built it and booted it up.

I did some research [0] and I cannot find anyone claiming that more than ~15% of the Win 2k source code was available. People are able to build and boot Win NT, not Win 2k. [0]: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=33250...

There was a third leak, circa 2003, the Windows Research Kernel, which is what you'd get if, say, you had an academic license as part of a university or something.

That one you could very much build and alter.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

#86
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least one has: https://github.com/ZioShiba/iBoot/tree/master/docs

GitHub seems like an odd place to post this kind of thing. I would have expected an IPFS link, or an I2P torrent, or something like that.

There’s lots of stolen shit on github, including (as of a few months ago) the Windows 2k3 kernel.

I’m not surprised by this leak. I am surprised more people aren’t aware of this.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

#87
post #37

How to confirm it's not a farce but the actual source code? I could post anything, whatever, and say "this is iBoot leaked".

https://twitter.com/supersat/status/961480792483381248

I was involved with a case earlier this week with Apple making a false IP claim under penalty of perjury, they don't seem to care too much. Have heard from others who've been bullied by them as well.

Look up HARD2FIND ACCESSORIES INC v. AMAZON COM INC APPLE INC for another instance of them abusing IP claims.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

#89
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

You presumably could do both, sell it for a million dollars, and then send an email to apple as well. I'm sure the terms of the sale stipulate you can't share it with anyone else, but if you can hack the iPhone but can't figure out how to send anonymous email to Apple, you are doing something wrong.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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post #87
post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://twitter.com/supersat/status/961480792483381248

I was involved with a case earlier this week with Apple making a false IP claim under penalty of perjury, they don't seem to care too much. Have heard from others who've been bullied by them as well. Look up HARD2FIND ACCESSORIES INC v. AMAZON COM INC APPLE INC for another instance of them abusing IP claims.

I looked that case up...

Doesn't it show the opposite of what you claim?

Hard2find's suit against Apple and Amazon was dismissed with prejudice and that decision was confirmed on appeal.

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