Jailbreaking iDevices: Pushing Limits and Breaking Boundaries

The functionality of the iPhone’s operating system is so smooth and advanced, it out performs Android operated device. Apple’s innovation and creativity has helped it to become the best mobile operating system on the market, “Because Apple makes both the hardware and the operating system for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, everything is designed to work

Today, phones play a major role in individuals. In “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds,” Nicholas Carr uses straightforward diction, studies, and figurative language such as, personification to reveal that individuals are powerless without their phones. Throughout the reading he explained how the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens.

Apple’s iPhones are incredibly hard to hack, that the FBI can't even get in it themselves! Annoyingly, iPhone users are in trouble because the FBI is trying to get Apple to unlock an iPhone. Frighteningly, there are extremists that use iPhones to store their information in them, and if the FBI gets their hands on them, all iPhone users will be in trouble. The problem is that they don't have the right to break into somebody’s iPhone, and Apple doesn't have the information about the gunman in their database. Unfortunately, It seems the only way the FBI will get the information of lawbreakers is if they hack into their iPhones. Apple has to allow the FBI to unlock iPhones, because, they can use the information from

Smart phones have become a major part of daily life. They allow people all around the world to communicate with each other instantly. Smart phones enable people to access all the information they need in mere seconds using the Internet. Most people go about their days without any worry while using their smart phones. Smart phones have been a tool by the public for many years now, but they have also been used as a tool for something a little more nefarious.

Design and implementation of this project is divided into two parts: 
i) Penetration testing of real-world applications using variety of tools available. 
ii) Secure coding guideline for iOS developers as a counter measure to possible threats which includes development of jailbreak detection application.

Apple shouldn’t have the ability to access user’s phones because of the invasion of privacy, the limitations & precautions that would be created for the user, and the sense of embarrassment to have complete strangers being able to view all your personal information. Apples terms and agreements are unfair to users because you don’t have no ultimatum especially when it comes too updating your phone they have access to your apps , pictures and other private things that you really can’t deny. Other invaders can’t access but apple People’s distress over the privacy of their communications has never been smaller. Whether the

New top-end mobile phones such as the Apple Iphone are allowing a new class of mobile to emerge in the world today. Combined with its ease of use, rich design, and well-organized application system through Apple App Store makes the Iphone an appealing platform for development of other smartphones. The Apple IPhone was released on June 29, 2007 by CEO of Apple Steve Jobs (Honan). The IPhone offers many of the innovative features found on competing devices, but it also differs from other smartphones on the market.

In their letter to Attorney General Lynch, famous writers and artists- Apple supporters- compel him to end the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s efforts to force Apple to create a software that could enable the U.S. government to unlock any iPhone in “End Efforts to Compel Apple to Crack iPhone”.

On December 2, 2015, Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik walked into a federal building and killed 14 people and injured 22. The couple fled in an SUV and later got into a shootout with police officers and was killed in their vehicle. I don’t want to take away anything from the victims of this horrible tragedy, but this set the stage for the huge battle between a tech giant in Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During the FBI investigation, it was discovered that the male suspect Rizwan Farook had in his possession a locked IPhone-5C running the iOS 7 operating system. The FBI quickly discovered that this phone would be very difficult to unlock, so they decided to turn to Apple for help in solving this issue.

If you 've heard about the FBI 's up hill battle with Apple regarding the San Bernardino 's terrorist(s), then you may or may not know what jailbreaking is. Jailbreaking is the process that bypasses restrictions on iPhones and iPads, or any other smart device, to install other apps and tweaks that were not approved by the software creator. [7] The "tweaks" stem from what 's known as "roots" which is the superstar of various opertaing systems: Andriod, iOS, and Mac OS X. If someone should gain access through jailbreaking or rooting on a particular device, that device can be easily accessed, modified, or swiped clean. [8] Jailbreaking can be one of the most damaging things you can hear when it comes a smart device as it has been argued that jailbreaking poses a huge security risk; Leaving user information open and readily available to for anyone to steal and use, for a particular device that is considered jailbroken, it will be vulnerable to countless malware attacks and much more. [8]

Casey Neistat is an American director, producer, and YouTube personality who has a net worth of $1.5 million dollars. Born in New London, Connecticut, in 1981, Casey Neistat had his first child when he was 17 years old. He and his son's mother lived in a trailer park until he was 20 years old. By 2001, Neistat had picked up and moved to New York City, where he found work as a bike messenger. Later that year, he started working on movies about sculptures with his brother, Van. It wasn't until 2003 that Neistat started to make a name for himself. He created a short film, "iPod's Dirty Secret", that disparaged Apple's policy on replacing the batteries in iPods. It took less than a week for the video to crack more than one million views on the

According to “The Pros and Cons of Jailbreaking” you need to “Simply download a jailbreak app named springboard and you’re able to practically change every aspect of the interface. Icons, text, default graphics, layout positioning, etc.” (Rocha). Downloading the springboard app lets you change anything and everything you could want to change on your iPhone. Text fonts, animations, icons, and much more can all be changed very simply by installing just a few items from the Cydia app with jailbreaking. Security is also a big reason that people like to jailbreak their

The second ethical dilemma is related to Apple's failure to disclose the fact that the battery needs to be replaced after 300 to 400 charges and that customers must surrender their iPhone to Apple for replacement. The iPhone is not a just mobile phone; it is a power hungry device equipped with a touch screen, colorful user interface, portable mp3 player, web browser, PDA and more. Owners of all other mobile phones can purchase and replace their batteries themselves and without risk to the device. By contrast, iPhone owners find it is extremely hard to open the iPhone case. The iPhone's battery is glued to the unit, and the wires from the battery to the circuit board are soldered. This clearly shows that Apple does not appear willing to provide a battery replacement option unless design changes are made in future models.

Jailbreaking a iphone can be a relatively simple task to do. There are two types of jailbreak you can perform on your iPhone, and they are a tethered jailbreak and an untethered jailbreak.

Apple is a company known for creative, disruptive new technologies and business models. One of its most recent products, the iPhone, represents this kind of technology. Apple opened up its iPhone platform to third-party developers shortly after releasing it. They provide what’s known as the iPhone SDK (software development kit) to developers free of charge.