This post was published 12 years 11 months 22 days ago. A number of changes have been made to the site since then, so please contact me if anything is broken or seems wrong.This seems to be an Apple banner day: three out of five news items concern the company. The latest news? A hacker program for the iPhone named AppSnapp installs itself on iPhone and iPod Touch devices by exploiting a vulnerability in the embedded Safari browser, and then patches the vulnerability after installation. A rather interesting idea, that is.
The website for the program boasts that your device is more secure with AppSnapp than it is without, as the vulnerability used is a long-standing TIFF handler problem. The program does not unlock the phone; users must use anySIM for that. The firefight between the cunning hackers and the deep-pocketed corporation continues…
