The iPhone Code gets Cracked by Hacker

The iPhone is certainly one of the most wanted technological gadgets from the present. The little pocket computer will connect you with the entire world, but it has a single limitation for US consumers... it comes with only an AT&T subscription.

This thing did not stop George Hotz, a 17 year old teenager to reveal all its secrets. Hotz spent 500 hours fighting to decode the restrictions imposed by the producers, using in the same time a blow torch.

The proof of Hotz success can be seen by watching an YouTube video. Hotz places a phone call from an iPhone device to a fixed line, then removes the SIM T-Mobile card, as ultimate proof. Hotz admitted that in his goal he was helped by other hackers. He posted a step-by-step guide on his blog, showing how you can decode an iPhone device, though he admits that the steps are not that easy. This represents a very interesting move, knowing that other users have also reported that they have cracked the code using software programs that they intend to sell. Still, the software solution, in the case it really exists, excludes the use of a blow torch.

Hotz, does not seem very concerned in showing his techniques. He already places a decoded iPhone on eBay, the bids for purchasing it have already reached the price of $10,000. iPhone users will no longer have to be limited in their choice. The companies need to admit the need to make things more flexible, or there will always exist hackers that will take this task and do it for them.

People like Hotz, are not that well regarded by companies, because the things they do mean, a great loss of money, but regular people, that want to have access to a wider range of options, look at Hotz, as their hero. The one that managed to provide them with something they wanted, but could not, because it was decided for them.

After the post on his blog, and the YouTube movie release, there was no reaction from the iPhone producers, or AT&T, both companies seem to ignore this attempt to show that their device is not as secure as it was supposed to, but behind the scenes, there is a great concern on how this will affect sales, especially from AT&T, and probably researches are already working on discovering how this was achieved, and what improvements need to be made in order for it to not happen again.

Source: http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/