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Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by tptacek on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:03PM (#10589926)
I don't understand what your argument is. Untethered jailbreaks on iOS are worth gigantic amounts of money because they are not easy to come by.
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Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by blinkingled on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:19PM (#10590028)
But they have existed for every version of iOS none the less. The relative difficulty may quite well be due to other reasons - closed source, locked down hardware etc. Says nothing about software security.
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Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by mahyarm on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:40PM (#10590176)
Rooting your phone when your not allowed is so common in android it might as well be a non-event.
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