14 DAY TRIAL // People logging into jailbreakme.com on display iPhones at the Apple Retail Store are redirected to Apple.com via opendns, a number of Twitter users have confirmed. JailbreakMe is the latest effort on behalf of the infamous iPhone Dev Team to put a reliable jailbreak tool into the hands of every iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad owner out there.
JailbreakMe 2.0 Star is perhaps the simplest jailbreak tool ever developed by the iPhone Dev Team, an internationally-known group of hackers whose main focus is the iOS operating system powering Apple’s portables. The web-based jailbreak tool can be easily employed by any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad owner with a local wireless connection to the Internet. By accessing jailbreakme.com, device owners are presented with a simplistic interface that replicates the iOS lock screen, complete with a slider which bears the message: “slide to jailbreak.”
According to recent reports, Apple is taking steps to protect devices lying around its retail establishments, with several Twitter subscribers noting that their local stores are using openDNS to redirect jailbreakme.com to apple.com. Reproduced below are just some of these posts, as published by 9to5mac:
@planetbeing @comex Mylocal apple store is using opendns to redirect jailbreakme.com to apple.com MyWi to the rescue!
In another Apple store. I tried to jailbreak the apple store iPhone 4 but it didn’t let me:o MEANIES
@tysiphonehelp I went into Apple to jailbreak one of their iPhones, seems that they have made an Apple Store fix.
I tried to go to jailbreakme,com at the Apple Store. Apparently they’re using openDNS to block the site. Good call Apple.
JailbreakMe was possible thanks to a vulnerability in iOS’s handling of PDF files. Apple immediately acknowledged the bug and promised, via a spokesperson, that a firmware fix had already been developed. The fix is to be incorporated in a new iOS software release, the spokesperson said, although the company did not make it clear when. The fix is expected to drop alongside other tweaks and enhancements with the release of iOS 4.1, an upcoming version of the iOS that is currently undergoing testing. The software is known to block any jailbreak attempts, making it the perfect candidate for an upcoming release.