14 DAY TRIAL // It has been revealed that H1Siri, a Siri port by the a Chinese team of hackers, poses a few risks for the security of your personal data. The hack is also illegal because it uses Apple copyrighted code.
Add into the mix that you also need to jailbreak your iPhone 4 / iPod touch 4G to install the thing, and you’ve got yourself a trio of solid reasons not to go down this path.
Those looking to install H1Siri first need to jailbreak their device, then add a new repository to Cydia, then search for H1Siri, download it, install it, and reboot once or twice.
Renowned iPhone Dev Team hacker Chpwn explains on Twitter that “if you use a proxy to access Siri, you may be sending your Email, SMS, Calendar, Contacts, Location, etc through that server.”
“I’t up to you if you want to accept that risk. It’s also your choice if you want to violate copyright law to obtain the needed files,” he adds.
The problems don’t stop here. According to a handful of people who decided to go rogue, the hack has caused random reboots, camera failures, messed up Settings, freeze at the Apple logo (boot) screen, and even bricked their device.
In all senses, H1Siri is a hack that needs to be avoided even by the most tech-savvy of users.
It’s also worth pointing out that CD-Dev Team, the Chinese bunch who coded H1Siri using Apple files, never intended it to get out in the first place.
It’s a beta (if not alpha)-grade software that got leaked to the public and now their servers can’t handle the workload.
Just like we informed of its availability yesterday (solely for informational purposes), it’s now up to news sites and blogs to spread the word (again) that H1Siri is not recommended.