The iPhone Users Can Now Install Non-Apple Programs
The iPhone Users Can Now Install Non-Apple Programs

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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More vulnerable?
By jb, (2007-10-30 14:05)
More vulnerable? They patched the safari vulnerability after the user does the appinstaller install. So its actually more secure, given it was the end users decision to do the installation to begin with.
 
 
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