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Re:Whited00r: iOS Community Custom Firmware by zapshu on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @07:36AM (#8323980)
Although it's pretty cool by itself, they modify and distribute copyrighted IPSWs (iOS firmware), which is basically illegal.
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Re:Whited00r: iOS Community Custom Firmware by abritishguy on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @08:22AM (#8324102)
Do you see Apple doing something about it? Because I don't.
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Re:Whited00r: iOS Community Custom Firmware by hahainternet on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @08:31AM (#8324131)
This is reckless.
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Re:Whited00r: iOS Community Custom Firmware by freehunter on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @09:47AM (#8324421)
It's reckless to base a business around it or depend on it for production use, yes. For fun, it's just hacking.
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Re:Whited00r: iOS Community Custom Firmware by hahainternet on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @09:53AM (#8324448)
Which is a federal offence where even just issuing a bunch of GETs can get you sentenced to years in jail.
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Re:Whited00r: iOS Community Custom Firmware by abritishguy on Thursday September 18, 2014 @07:12AM (#8334628)
Not that definition of hacking! I mean seriously given the title of this website I didn't expect that.
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