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Siri port available for jailbroken iOS devices

Apple Siri

When Apple announced Siri integration, many iOS users were disappointed it was only made available for iPhone 4S. With Siri’s capabilities, it’s not surprising developers and hackers from the iPhone jailbreak community are all experimenting with the technology. A number of attempted ports for the older iOS devices were made, but they required a bit more »

iOS keychain system crack can expose passwords

I, for one, am all for jailbreaking iOS. Jailbreaking comes with many benefits and can be done for many legitimate purposes, although unfortunately it doesn’t always end up that way. A team of German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute Secure Information Technology have successfully cracked iOS’ keychain system, allowing access to any and all passwords stored on an iDevice provided that it is jailbroken.

Apple says jailbreaking could crash cell towers

Apple is again trying to stop the jailbreaking of the iPhone despite launching their own App Store to compete with the abilities that jailbroken phones offer. While they at first said it was simply illegal, they are now attempting to show that it could bring down the cellular network. In their response to a possible DMCA exemption for jailbreaking iPhones, Apple has given numerous reasons as to how allowing jailbroken iPhones could destroy a network.

iPhone 2.0 software already powned like never before

Is this is even possible for Apple to stop? Before the iPhone 2.0 software even came out, the iPhone Dev Team was able to get a hold of it and both jailbreak and unlock it. Although there is no specific release date yet for the Pwnage tool to come out, there will definitely be one more »