Apple's War Against Jailbreaking Now Makes Perfect Sense 321
An anonymous reader writes "Apple has always been extremely anti jailbreaking, but it might now have a good reason to plug up the exploits. As Hardware 2.0 argues, Apple's new iOS 7 Activation Lock anti-theft mechanism which renders stolen handsets useless (even after wiping) unless the owner's Apple ID is entered relies on having a secure, locked-down OS. Are the days of jailbreaking iOS coming to a close?" I can see a whole new variety of phone-based ransom-ware based on this capability, too.
Jailbreaking = Supporting 'Bad Guys'(tm) (Score:5, Funny)
Wow...
Would you steal a stereo? Would you steal a purse? Well, if you jailbreak your iPhone, you may as well!
Jailbreaking your iPhone prohibits Apple from protecting the safety of your loved ones. Think of the children.
TERRORISTS!!
Shenanigans!!
Anything to convince law-makers that having control over your own devices is evil.
Bah!
Re:Phone-based ransom-ware? (Score:5, Funny)
This PIN number thingamajiggy you speak of, is it to enter into the LCD display of an ATM machine? Good thing those are engineered using CAD design, but even better they're not programmed using BASIC code and don't run on a DOS operating system anymore, and now have gobs of RAM memory!
Re:Phone-based ransom-ware? (Score:2, Funny)
The nutters are out in force today...
I'd better stop posting, my plan is obviously completely unworkable if the PINs aren't generated using grated unicorn poop.