enigma# Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) First, if you don't know who Charlie Miller is; he is considered a white hat security researcher (another name for 'hacker' ;P) who in 2008 won Pwn2Own by exploiting a bug on a Macbook Air in two minutes. Among other interesting things, he recently uncovered a bug in IOS. The basis of it was because of how IOS allows Javascript to run at a deeper level (the HAL most likely is written to allow it to interact at this level). Of course, what this allows IOS to do is to render JavaScript quicker and more efficiently and also what allows a malicious programmer (hacker) to exploit it. What does it mean for people that own an IOS device: given the level access an application has, it can take your personal information (if you've typed it in or saved it somewhere) as well as manipulate your phone (think: you're sleeping and suddenly your phone starts playing music or it starts vibrating out of nowhere) [video=youtube;ynTtuwQYNmk] Apparently he's been bothering Apple to fix it for a few weeks now and had shown it off to the press. Apple wasn't really happy about it and kicked him out of the IOS Developer's program Sources: http://www.neowin.net/news/ios-security-flaw-lets-signed-apps-control-your-phone http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/charlie-millers-latest-ios-hack-gets-into-the-app-store-gets-h/ Edited November 18, 2011 by enigma# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeman Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I approve of this thread, and Charlie Miler who is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spedione Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Apple should have thanked him and offered him a job instead of removing him from the Developer program. Bunch of ungrateful arseholes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linoleum Knive Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Apple should have thanked him and offered him a job instead of removing him from the Developer program. Bunch of ungrateful arseholes.. This sums up Apple as we know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CletusP Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 This sums up Apple as we know it. Sigged, and its true. Apple is a bunch of greedy assholes. Steve Jobs would most definetly have offered Charlie Miller a job. But guess what. Steve Jobs is dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spedione Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Sigged, and its true. Apple is a bunch of greedy assholes. Steve Jobs would most definetly have offered Charlie Miller a job. But guess what. Steve Jobs is dead RIP Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Fuck apple and steve jobs. This is no surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal45 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 lol I liked the Rick Roll in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizon Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 inb4 apple goes down-hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Sigged, and its true. Apple is a bunch of greedy assholes. Steve Jobs would most definetly have offered Charlie Miller a job. But guess what. Steve Jobs is dead Nah, Steve would have booted him too. That decision was pretty much made in the same spirit that it would have if Jobs didn't iDie. They don't listen, and then they get all pissed off when they're the ass of the joke because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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