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Possibly, but there is an army of jailbreakers out there who may disagree with their assessment.
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Jailbreakers also gave users the ability to copy and paste text months before iOS 3 did.
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In fact, the jailbreakers say they have plenty more bugs in their back pockets, already waiting to jailbreak the next iPhone.
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He argues that those iPad jailbreakers also need legal protection from the DMCA, whose anti-tampering provision theoretically criminalizes both jailbreaking tablets and unlocking phones.
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But they do give him confidence that with more research, jailbreakers will very likely be able to crack the next version of iOS, too.
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Jailbreakers could then use the less expensive (and less ethically challenged) T-Mobile, or full-on jailbreak it to also download apps from non-Apple sources like Cydia.
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Most jailbreakers just want to customize their phone (themes, more functionality) and therefor accept higher security risk, but those users also are often more advanced and more careful.
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Until now, only jailbreakers were safe from that threat.
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No charges against jailbreakers have been filed yet.
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Prominent jailbreakers are exiting the jailbreaking scene.
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