I just saw a thread on how to jailbreak your ipod (very well done btw)
but i just thought i should let you guys who plan to jailbreak (or already have)
your devices no about this article that i picked up a couple of days ago:
Apple attempts to patent kill switch that roots out unauthorized users, detects jailbreaks
Just about every mobile operating system manufacturer can remotely delete apps from the smartphones they help provide, but if a recent patent application is any indication, Apple's looking to lock down the whole enchilada on future devices. The basic concept is as simple as the diagram above -- certain activities trigger the phone to think it's in the wrong hands -- but the particular activities and particular remedies Apple suggests extend to audiovisual spying (to detect if a user has a different face or voice than the owner), and complete remote shutdown. While the patent mostly sounds targeted at opt-in security software and would simply send you an alertor perform a remote wipe if your phone were stolen or hacked, jailbreaking and unlocking are also explicitly mentioned as the marks of an unauthorized user, and one line mentions that cellular carriers could shut down or cripple a device when such a user is detected. Sounds great for securing phones at retail, sure, but personally we'd rather devices don't determine our authority by monitoring our heartbeat (seriously, that's an option) and we're plenty happy with the existing Find My iPhone app.
Great Advice! I de-Jailbroke My Iphone because there's nothing to really use it for, Jailbreaking is pointless in my eyes!
How is it pointless... It lets you customize your phone to your heart's desire! And Apple's new idea with the audio/visual thing is too risky. You could be out in the park and with so many people around, they phone can bug and end up deleting all of your data when nobody took your phone. And jailbreaking has been deemed legal by the DMCA. Apple can't do anything about that. They can take you out of warranty but that's pretty much it.
You violate your warranty anyhow when you jailbreak.
Yes all the websites say that jailbreaking has been deemed legal but it hasn't really, what has been legalized is the ability to access and edit the core system files on a device, rooting for android and jailbreaking for IOS.
What the "killswitch" will do is target devices that have the applications used for jailbreaking, such as cydia. Yes it is technically legal to jailbreak but Apple will not allow you to do it via third party applications.
Sorry for the double post just thought it was necessary.
How could Apple do that?
Well they do have you're product ID and all but wouldn't that change from the jailbreak?
No, the product ID of a device does not change after a jailbreak, and btw how the hell did you get that many posts in a couple of weeks!?
"When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses."
-EFF
"Copyright law has long held that making programs interoperable is fair use."
-Corynne McSherry, EFF's Senior Staff Attorney
Originally Posted by melias54
