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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4258974.W3nQsHmCGo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> iPhone hack bypasses AT&T
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Famed reverse engineer Jon Lech Johansen claims to have discovered a
>> | way to "activate" an iPhone without signing up for a contract with
>> | AT&T. The hack allows users to use the iPod and Wi-Fi capabilities
>> | of the devices, but doesn't allow use of its phone features.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Hackers claim to have discovered a technique for discovering that
>> | root and mobile account passwords embedded in the firmware on
>> | iPhone handsets.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/04/iphone_hack/
>
> This post is off topic. I suggest you read the the charter of this newsgroup
> and refrain from posting off topic messages. If not a complaint will be
> filed with your ISP. The iPhone has absolutely nothing to do with linux
> advocacy.
>
>
>> The masses still buy the thing.
> And the same masses continue to ignore linux even though it's free.
Judging by your messages headers, you are likely to be (yet another) Luddite
that invades Linux newsgroups to stip up trouble.
This thread very well illustrates the fact that a closed, proprietary,
Defective by Design (DRM) phone is not able to offer any security at all. In
fact, it appears as though 700,000 people out there can already have their
little gadget hijacked by a malicious hacker. How come this doesn't happen to
all those Linux phone whose code is out there for inspection?
The post was aptly tagged [Rival] so that those without interest in the failure
of competition/opposition can easily omit it, using message filters.
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