Re: [Fed-Talk] iPhone 4 Jailbreak via browser exploit
Re: [Fed-Talk] iPhone 4 Jailbreak via browser exploit
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iPhone 4 Jailbreak via browser exploit
- From: "Nichols, Jared - 1170 - MITLL" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:05:52 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] iPhone 4 Jailbreak via browser exploit
Myself, I took it more as exposing the vulnerabilities in the Mobile
Safari browser rather than a convenience thing. If I were to jailbreak my
phone, I'd also likely do it "offline."
I figure if you can jailbreak a phone with the security hole, what else
can you do with it?
j
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Client Services
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436
On 8/2/10 9:38 AM, "Joel Esler" <email@hidden> wrote:
>This is the thing will jailbreaking. At your own risk. I, for one,
>won't be allowing a freaking website to hack my phone.
>
>Kthnkx.
>
>
>On Aug 2, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
>
>> Not so sure about using a website. Isn't that an invitation for
>>hackers to hack the site and get into all those phones?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nichols, Jared - 1170 - MITLL" <email@hidden>
>> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010 9:14
>> Subject: [Fed-Talk] iPhone 4 Jailbreak via browser exploit
>> To: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/01/hackers_release_browser_ba
>>>sed_jailbreak_for_iphone_4.html
>>>
>>> Since Jailbreaking was of topic last week, I thought we'd continue
>>> with this little nugget of info.
>>>
>>> "Unlike previous jailbreaks, which required users to run software
>>> on their Mac or PC and tether their iPhone to their computer, the
>>> latest hack is done entirely within the Safari browser.
>
>--
>Joel Esler
>http://www.joelesler.net
>
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