Jail Breaking- Heard a rumor- Is it true?

[TheForce]

Heard a rumor today that the guy who does the jailbreaking has been hired by Apple and is now working for the company in a capacity that uses his specialty.

Is this true and if so what does that mean for those who use jailbreaking?

 

[mike123abc]

One of the jailbreakers. He is the one that did the jailbreakme.com exploits. There are a few other teams.

 

[stimpson]

Link

 

[TheForce]

Thanks for the info and the link. Hope Apple keeps him happy. If they now cut him loose, he could become a real threat. Money ( something Apple has more of than talent and they already have lots of talent) is always a good magnet for these hackers.

 

[stimpson]

Your welcome. I heard they have already hired former hackers to help them build iOS5.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Thanks for the info and the link. Hope Apple keeps him happy. If they now cut him loose, he could become a real threat. Money ( something Apple has more of than talent and they already have lots of talent) is always a good magnet for these hackers.

I am sure he has signed more non-disclosure agreements, and would be subject to a mother of a lawsuit if he did that. But Diogen is our resident lawsuit expert

 

[televisionarchives]

A internship? It is a paid internship?

 

[TheForce]

I am sure he has signed more non-disclosure agreements, and would be subject to a mother of a lawsuit if he did that. But Diogen is our resident lawsuit expert

Why the expert? Does he get sued a lot?

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Why the expert? Does he get sued a lot?

No, he is fixated about Apple lawsuits. Was joking.

 

[televisionarchives]

He will soon learn that hacking is not profitable. Working for a company to help them prevent it is.

 

[TheForce]

No, he is fixated about Apple lawsuits. Was joking.

Oh. Not far from the norm then for him. I think the politics of tech corporate world is his soap opera fascination. Therefore, not one into such fantasy, I find most of his posts boring and ignore them.

Hey- I've been involved in one tech suit of patent infringement. It was two chemical companies. I had to testify on the behalf of the defendant on some technical aspects of the case. I really didn't know much about the details of the infringement but just answered the questions pertaining to the process and the catalyst in use. Never heard how it came out because the case was settled out of court for undisclosed terms.

tva- money has a strange way of changing even the most diehard idealist, doesn't it?

 

[Pepper]

He will soon learn that hacking is not profitable. Working for a company to help them prevent it is.

Between jailbreakme 2 and jailbreakme 3, he got about $60K in donations. That's a pretty good profit for a teenager working part-time.

 

[diogen]

Between jailbreakme 2 and jailbreakme 3, he got about $60K in donations. That's a pretty good profit for a teenager working part-time.

He might learn one day that having a clue about the topic of discussion helps in preventing to look like an idiot...

Diogen.

 

[televisionarchives]

Between jailbreakme 2 and jailbreakme 3, he got about $60K in donations. That's a pretty good profit for a teenager working part-time.

Profit? If that's what he got I'm sure he reported his income , I hope. After taxes it would be much less then that depending how he reports the income . And if he believes that's the way to make money he should continue to do so. But the fact is that hackers don't get rich hacking . If he wants to hack as a career then good luck to him, he's going to need it.