Apple Fixes iOS PDF Security Issues and Nixes Web-based Jailbreak with iOS 4.0.2
Apple Fixes iOS PDF Security Issues and Nixes Web-based Jailbreak with iOS 4.0.2
Posted 08/11/2010 at 12:37pm
| by Florence Ion
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Apple just released a new version of the iOS operating system to help address the issues with the PDF security vulnerability that has plagued mobile Safari users for weeks now. The new versions, iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad, will also disable the web-based JailbreakMe service that we all came to know and love.
Apple has posted information about this particular secuirty update.
Without further ado, allow us to present the eulogy for the beloved jailbreaking work around:
Here lies the web-based JailbreakMe service. He was a fine web application, one that helped us achieve complete freedom from Apple's closed App Store. He will forever be missed, unless we decide to travel back in time and completely avoid downloading any PDFs through mobile Safari just so that we can keep him alive on our iPhones and in our hearts.
Anyway, what are you waiting for? Plug in your iOS device and fire up iTunes.
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Dodgermac
August 18, 2010 at 12:07pm
I am a real person - new to the Mac Life.
Respectfully submitted,
Dodgermac
allenkenya
August 11, 2010 at 10:40pm
Now, if Apple would fix the way iOS 4.x works (or, more accurately, doesn't work) with the iPhone 3G.
Minx31214
August 11, 2010 at 3:01pm
ok, this is super messed up.
So when I found out about jailbreakme.com inwas all like "awesome sign me up!!" I wanted to use the jailbroken application "gameboy4iphone" because I am a huge legend of Zelda fan and I wanted to play some of the old games. So I jailbroke my iPod, it acted slower had download problems and was all around a pain in the @$$. But I wanted those classic nintendo games! So I download gameboy4iphone and it for some reason dosnt work on my iPod touch 2nd gen 8gb.?. So I find out that the only way for me to get the classic games onto my iPod is to SSH them in. So I'm like "no way! That's too hard and I don't know how" so I restored my iPod and got rid of the jailbreak.. Then I got tired of using my boring old normal iPod touch so I jaibroke it again! This time I figured out how to SSH the classic games in and was happy. So it once again made my iPod an islug. So today when 4.0.2 came out I installed the update and got rid of the jailbreak, never (hopefully) to go back again!
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