Comment by slowin
17 hours ago
#3 is so nice, I want root access to my phone. Does anyone know if doing this can lock Apple out from updating/removing it?
17 hours ago
#3 is so nice, I want root access to my phone. Does anyone know if doing this can lock Apple out from updating/removing it?
Subverting the secure boot/upgrade chain would require a SecureROM exploit and presumably a compromise of the Secure Enclave, so the answer is almost certainly "no" (even prior major exploits from recent memory like usbliter8 are tethered and don't exploit the enclave; the last true untethered Jailbreak was iOS 9 or something.) An upgrade would fix it. The internet reporting claims this break they are showing in this video is untethered though, which is extremely rare on its own.
Genuinely, why have an iPhone in the first place if you want this?
It's good to have that option for every phone out there.
What are alternatives? I keep thinking I want something I can run vibed apps on, especially something grok bot right on device.
The videos sort of imply that these are userland rather than bootrom, whatever payload they have running is getting hit before first unlock, which isn't a lot of surface. They specifically say to not update which pretty much confirms where the attack surface is. Somewhere after the kernel starts but before the main user space is unlocked with the passcode.
I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I disagree.
I want the freedom to install the OS I want on my phone. Now if I install a proprietary OS, I get what the developers of that proprietary OS choose to do. And if that proprietary OS does not give me root access, well, that's life.
the fact this opinion is voted down, is clear proof HN is late to be renamed something else, because hacker it isn't
I once again am pointing to the sign that states this was never a l33t-hax0r board like you all think; it's always been an arm of one of the leading VC incubators.
Stop expecting differently.
I don’t think that hackers would agree to be locked out of a system, or do you mean they want to be locked out as a challenge? In any case you don’t get to choose which OS gets installed, so the parent’s opinion is hypothetical.
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Well the governments and supranational bodies who want to read your messages would be aghast at you having root on your phone.
Like we did on HTC G1s in 2008