This seems to be the ultimate
thing of the recent desperate race of trying to “hack” the iPhone. When Apple
Inc. has started to deliver the ultimate gadget, everyone was happy. Still, in
just few days or weeks the users have started to be mad about the company’s
stubbornness in keeping the iPhone locked in AT&T’s exclusive network. This
way the race has begun; different persons such as developers or even hackers
have started the race in finding a way to unlock the iPhone.
Eventually, Apple Inc.’s ultimate
smart phone has been unlocked and for a few days the users have been very
happy, once again. But this hasn’t lasted too long, as the company’s software
update has once again get between the users and their gadget. The unlocking
teams have once again started to search for a solution. And so on. All in all,
however, the iPhone has been a hit on the market since its launch, although
some of the financial analyzers have been surprised by the report.
However, till now no one has
talked about the side effects of the process of unlocking the iPhone, although
everything is obvious. Once the breach has been found, the iPhone is not as
secure as before. For example, a group of hackers has recently released a tool,
called AppSnapp, which opens the iPhone and then installs another program,
Installer.app, which eventually can install unauthorized, non-Apple programs.
And as if this weren’t enough, the same tool has been developed also for Apple
Inc.’s iPod touch.
It has been just a matter of time
for the smart phone to get full access to non-Apple programs. However, this way
the iPhone has become also even more vulnerable then before.
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