Users have been jailbreaking the iPhone and the iPad since the tech toys first rolled out of Cupertino, and not just because they want to have alternate phone service.
Hotz (who previously was a pioneer in jailbreaking the iPhone) claims his intention was merely to return lost functionality of the PS3, which was originally advertised as being able to run other operating systems.
Nine days after the hacker Comex and his band of underground coders released a new jailbreaking tool for the iPhone and iPad, Apple has released an update to iOS that prevents the hack.
On Wednesday, the hacker who goes by the name Comex released JailbreakMe 3, a simple jailbreaking tool that allows iPhone and iPad users to break the protections that prevent unauthorized app installs simply by visiting Jailbreakme.com.
He argues that a hacker could use a secret exploit to gain access to an iPhone or iPad and then install evasi0n, using the jailbreaking tool to hide his or her tracks and keep the secret exploit technique undiscovered by Apple and unpatched.
Additionally, jailbreaking can leave your phone vulnerable to hacking and malicious attacks, including an iPhone worm that specifically targets jailbroken phones.