Aug 25, 2011

Comex, the Hacker Behind JailbreakMe.com, is goint to Apple as an Intern


Comex, the person who made Jailbreak on iOS devices extreamly simple si going to Apple as an intern. He announced that on Twitter:

"It's been really, really fun, but it's also been a while and I've been getting bored. So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple."

Forbes discovered that Comex is Nicholas Allegra, a 19-year old Brown University student from Chappaqua, NY. Nicholas says in that article that jailbreaking is: "like editing an English paper... You just go through and look for errors. I don’t know why I seem to be so effective at it." 

He has found a very simple and elegant sollution to jailbreak iOS devices. He used PDF files to run and crack iOS software. Apple patched that a week later in their next update!

Apple wondered if they need a new intern in their security team. And yes! They do. This wasn't the first time Apple hired somebody from the jailbreak community. Earlier this year MobileNotifier developer Peter Hajas was picked up as an Apple summer intern. But unlike Hajas, Allegra is responsible for a jailbreak sollution that workedcracking iPhones and iPads!


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