Coder claims iThings older than two years can be unlocked from Apple's clutches
A programmer claims to have found a way to execute arbitrary code on recent-ish iPhones and iPads, paving the way for full-blown tethered jailbreaks. And, we're told, it is impossible for Apple to block these shenanigans as it involves a vulnerability baked into the devices' immutable Boot ROM. Specifically, the coder, who goes by the handle axi0mX, on Friday said they had built checkm8: "A permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit for hundreds of millions of iOS devices ... Most generations of iPho...