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Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the original iPhone ... on Monday October 06, 2014 @03:54AM (#8414751)
Looks like it has a real FCC ID (hard to see in the picture) etched into the back. If so, it's not a "prototype" (Proto/EVT/DVT) unit.
Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the original iPhone ... on Monday October 06, 2014 @03:46AM (#8414734)
'Skank' as in 'awful'. More recently known as the 'Factory UI'.

If you see an iOS device running this software, it's almost always a factory escape (something that got boxed up too soon), not a prototype.

Re:Everything you need to know about the Shellshock Bash bug on Thursday September 25, 2014 @04:55PM (#8369696)
iOS systems are not vulnerable unless jailbroken. There are no shells, let alone bash, present in the iOS system.