This week, teenage hacker George Hotz released a new jailbreak and carrier unlock combo (blackra1n and blacksn0w) that is the first successful hack for iPhone OS 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11.07. But the fun of jailbreaking, downloading premium apps from the App Store at no cost, and carrier unlocks will soon be over.
It seems like Apple has had enough of iPhone hackers. The Californian-based tech giant is now looking to hire a manager to lead a team to boost the iPhone platform’s security and shutting down jailbreaks, according to a job posting listed in its corporate website.
However, it’s not clear from the online job post whether this is a brand new position or Apple is seeking a replacement for an existing, or former, employee. The Santa Clara Valley job was posted on Oct. 16, 2009.
If successful, this means your iPhone will be a heck of a lot tighter security-wise, but could make jailbreaking even more difficult, if not impossible in the future. Will the folks at Apple’s iPhone Security team succeed in the raging battle between the tech company and iPhone hackers? Well, maybe yes and maybe not. Every software can be jailbroken, no matter how tight the security is.