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And they're off. George Hotz, New Jersey blogger and hacker extraordinaire, gets his name in the paper (and in our hearts) for pulling off a network transfer on an iPhone. In his YouTube footage you can clearly see the T-Mobile insignia (the iPhone runs AT&T, if you didn't know).
How he did it I don't understand. But it means that not only those of you stuck with T-Mobile now have a shot at the iPhone, but now anyone anywhere in the world can buy a prepaid GSM card and use Apple's holy grail.
It takes a few steps to pull off (and a lot of Red Bull), but heck if the kid hasn't done what Apple should have done in the first place. —Jacob Ward
(p.s. Classy kid. He takes time to thank his friends and fans at the outset, and Mom raised him right — he thanks "the dev team for a great product.")
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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Security experts have uncovered flaws in Apple Inc's iPhone that they said hackers can exploit to take control of the popular device, using the tactic for identity theft and other crimes. An iPhone virus that could allow criminals to control your phone just by sending a single text message (SMS),here is single research on the information that has come out on this security vulnerability. Don’t be alarmed, but be vigilant. Here’s the security breakdown: The hack works by sending you code in an SMS message (or a series of messages) that crashes your iPhone. After that, your iPhone is theirs to use. The point to note about that iPhone virus though is that it only works on phones that have been “jailbroken”, that is, without Apple’s permission, adjusted so that third party software can be loaded.
Why iPhones and even Macs are not as resistant to viruses and trojans as many think?. The reason there are so few at present is that Macs have never been more than a very small segment of the market. So the reason Macs don’t get attacked is not because they cannot be attacked, it is because people aren’t bothering because there are so few of them. However, this is now changing with the success of the iPhone.
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