Apple iPhone not yet “rock solid”
Filed Under (Apple, Hacking, Technology) by Rajan Zachariah on 30-10-2007
Tagged Under : Apple, Hacking, iPhone, iPod
Yes, its true, contarary to the concept that Apple boasts of about its products being “solid as rock“, its iPhone and iPod Touch aren’t rock-solid enough.
Recently, a hacker had publicized a TIFF vulnerability found in Apple iPhone which could easily compramise any iPhone, irrespective of its firmware version. But this Apple enthusiast cum hacker(HD Moore) is not much into those dirty tricks.
His rescent release of AppSnapp, a patch which allows an iPhone user to install unauthorized non-Apple products, has made people get second thoughts about Apple and their commitment for delivering a rock-solid architecture, be it the Mac or the iPod or iPhone.
As an additional feature, unlike the previous versions, you don’t need a Mac or a PC to install AppSnapp. This Apple lover(or ..) has made it compulsory to use the iPhone/iPod’s built-in Safari web browser to install this patch.
This patch doesn’t break any other functionality, nor does it unlocks the iPhone, rather it helps Apple in one way by fixing the TIFF image-rendering bug, which was responsible for allowing the installation of previous versions of AppSnapp.
Hmmm, seriously, if I was Steve Jobs, i would be thinking of employing this guy. 
