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"...or it did until the hacker apparently had a change of heart and posted the instructions for free, along with an apology for his misguided moneymaking scheme."

/nvm]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/

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The jailbreakers that would be intelligent enough to retaliate, wouldn't have left SSH running in the first place.]]>Nov 4th 2009 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 4th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
Or they would have been smart enough to change the root and mobile passwords.

Every jailbreaker with half a brain has known about this "security hole" sine 1.0. Quick Google turns up this post from 2007 (http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2166).

So this guy isn't saying anything new. He's just a douche.]]>Nov 4th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
So if I understand your statement correctly, you are upset that someone (aka millions of people) circumvented Apple's software illegally creating a security hole when they hacked/unlocked their phone and then someone else performed an illegal act to:

a. Inform them that they are exposed
b. offered them a fix they might have not known they had
c. ask for a small compensation for his time/effort

Now don't get me wrong, I think it is stupid that hacking/unlocking your phone is illegal but there are consequences for every action you take. You and only you are responsible. (Unless you live in the US, then the successful 'evil people' end up picking up the slack for all the constant screw ups...but that is a different discussion all together).]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 4th 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/He's not a hacker. Most people haven't changed the password from the default so simply connecting to their phones is trivial.

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When you say [millions of people] "circumvented Apple's software illegally creating a security hole when they hacked/unlocked their phone ...", I presume you know for a fact that this would be illegal under Dutch law?

Because it sure isn't under U.S. law. In fact, unlocking is explicitly allowed in the DMCA...

References, please.

]]>Nov 9th 2009 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Now to extend the claim that OS means it´s more open, you can also look from the other side. OS projects often attract thousends of developers who can all look into the software and if you use Linux for example you´ll see especially with Ubunut how many fixes are done on a daily base. Not due hacks like what happens here but because people simply find flaws in the software. Nice thing about all these fixes is that its very clear what happens. I prefer transparancy over a black box in which you have to hope that the end-developer, int his case Apple, has the best meaning for the user. And... the more I read Engadget, the more I doubt this is actually the case.]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
Speaking to officer -

"Honestly sir, I didn't break into the fun park and steal that gocart meant for their track only... I found someone else to create a device that auto unlocks any gocart I point it at. At that point I was free to take that gocart anywhere.

The term hacker is clearly used by PROF3TA to mean someone who has illegally or legally modified their rom to circumvent software used to keep the phone on ATT or to only use "high quality (BullShite)" apps approved by Apple.

]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
"Dutch Apple employee seeks out jailbroken iPhones"]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
"Important Warning. Your brower sucks cuz it doesn't have flash. Please visit http://www.apple.com/contact/ and bitch about this to apple in every which way imaginable so they get with the program like android, winmo, etc.

-this message won't disappear until apple comes to their senses. this way they'll be more inclined to get a move on.-]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29 ). I runs in the background listening for connections on its designated port. That takes power, much like turning on push mail.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
In-house Devs would never have discovered this, they're too busy writing programs that automatically seek out the word 'iPhone' and delete apps.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
The point is, there's no way that Apple are going to stop Jailbreakers and hackers, look at what happened at Pwn2Own this (and last) year. They need people like this who find weaknesses, and help users patch them (admittedly, he was charging, but the letter on his website is pretty apologetic, and he has released the info free).

15 years ago, if something like this happened, this guy would be on Apple's Dev team within weeks, but these days, they just turn a blind eye (and all other companies, of course).]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
More like THIS is why people should think twice before jailbreaking their phones and leaving them open to these attacks.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=42223&CurrentPage=1]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
Funny that.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
You're welcome.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/
Anyways shame on you.]]>Nov 5th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 4th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/dutch-hacker-seeks-out-jailbroken-iphones-for-fame-and-fortune/Nov 3rd 2009 11:35PM