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Comment by sajithdilshan

7 hours ago

I wonder, in the not so distant future if we would have jailbreak for iPhones again thanks to AI. That would be glorious.

Apple has far more money than hobbyists to commit to AI spend (and access to source code) to find exploits and patch them. We might see new jailbreaks for older phones that have stopped receiving updates, but the bar for newer phones will probably be even higher than it is today.

With these capabilities widespread, that DMCA exception which expires in 2027 is definitely at risk.

There was a fairly recent development in the iOS jailbreak scene however it is only for older phones, iPhone 11 era. But you can run the latest iOS on those devices so great for people who want to reverse engineer recent app builds.

Not if the walled garden (guard Dog) AI that’ll be living in your phone has something to say.