Uh oh, look out jailbreakers and hackers of San Francisco; it appears that maybe Apple has had enough. In such an iPhonecentric city like this one, there are probably more than a few of you out there that have begun to sweat bullets. Before you do, calm down because it’s too early to tell if this is an isolated incident or something big in the making.
Coming on the heels of the release of OS 3.1.3 and the subsequent jailbreak released shortly afterwards, it appears, courtesy of a report by Redmond Pie, that Apple has begun cracking down on developers/hackers associated with exploiting the iPhone OS.
Sherif Hashim who recently found an exploit for the latest version of the iPhone OS has apparently been banned for security reasons by Apple. The picture you see there is what he sees when he tries to enter the iTunes App Store.
Bummer.
Similarly, a hacker named iH8sn0w confirmed that the same thing happened to him.
Of note, brought up by Gizmodo, is the fact that Hashim’s exploit was brought to the public forum while iH8sn0w’s has only been revealed to Dev Team, the group responsible for the PwnageTool and so on.
So the real question here is:
Is Apple starting to ban those associated with jailbreaking?
The answer is probably not. If they did, they certainly lose plenty of customers to phones like the Nexus One however it definitely would put an iron grip on those who pirate software. The details of what is going on remain extremely murky but maybe they are taking down some of the bigger players. It is kind of surprising that two people associated with jailbreaking have had this happen to them so soon after one another, but it’s too early to say if this is a campaign that Apple is starting up.
If it were to happen one thing is for sure.
There would be far less iPhone’s on the streets of San Francisco and elsewhere.
You can bet on that.
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I think the far more likely explanation is that these high-profile individual with public email (which also serves as their appleID) had people attempt to hack into their accounts. Enough failed passwords, and all accounts get locked out.
That makes sense. I think Tom is right.
If you jailbreak your iPhone, you deserve to lose iTunes. Stop blaming apple for all your problems. You Android fanbois keep spreading FUD about iPhone. There are more iPhone users around the world and we will crush you!
Tom is right and this article is completely sensational. Check out the official support documents next time?
........support.apple.com/kb/TS2446
one problem. how the F*** con one "pirate" free software? It's either free or it isn't. If it is free, then there is no way to steal it. If it isn't, then why are you calling it 'free'? Either your terminology is wrong or your article is wrong. possibly both.
I hope this is just an isolated incident. Frankly, if they did start cracking down on jailbroken iPhone users, I'd chuck mine and get an android.
Tom's response is logical but again, it's really odd that these two guys, given their reputation had their accounts blocked around the same time. It's fishy, but, it's probably coincidental. As far as the support document goes, I'm not sure Apple would publicly announce that they were banning accounts associated with jailbreaking right off the bat. As of right now though, I agree. It looks like some sort of account hacking makes the most sense.
And I know there is no reason to pirate free software, thanks for catching that.
Adam
Heh, the circle of self-deceit. Bunch of drama queens get wanna be tech bloggers all hot and bothered until they all believe themselves to be the center of a big time conspiracy.
one problem. how the F*** con one "pirate" free software? It's either free or it isn't. If it is free, then there is no way to steal it. If it isn't, then why are you calling it 'free'? Either your terminology is wrong or your article is wrong. possibly both.
sorry, refresh resubmitted. =P my bad.
They should do this for stolen phones. Disable them!
Oh Noes!! Haha why do us jailbreakers need the app store? I've only ever used it to get the facebook app, and even that is on apptrackr. My app store is currently being hidden by SBSettings as it's completely REDUNDANT.
Apple 0 - jailbreak 1
:)
Is Apple God now? Apple needs me more than I need Apple. I'm banning Apple. I've had enough with this controlling freak. The iPhone is up on eBay as soon as my Nexus One arrives.
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