Comments on: Jailbreakers Who Don’t Change SSH Password — There’s a Rickroll for That

By: Dick Ghastley

Dick Ghastley — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:55:25 +0000

Reason #4782 to not get an iPhone.

Personally, HTC is my favorite company. Anything but Apple. I’m an adult, I already have parents and I don’t appreciate the short leash Apple and almost all cellular networks throw around my neck by restricting or flat out denying me the right to do whatever the hell I want with or to my 600+ dollar phone/gadget…besides, Apple is overpriced, overrated and disgustingly trendy…85% of iPhone owners don’t use all the phones features…also, if you want to video call/conference one or more friends, everyone must use Facetime, meaning EACH of you MUST have an iPhone 4…something fishy going on…

By: Dick Ghastley

Dick Ghastley — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:22:33 +0000

…LOL @ Fastlane…maybe I’m too tired but, your comment induced a 15 minute laughing spree during which I almost choked to death…thanks, man, you made my day. Rick mutha freakin’ Astley…LMAO.

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:09:01 +0000

I haven’t been able to get terminal to launch since 3.1.4 on my 3G Since I have my iphone 4 terminal doesn’t even work… Terminal keeps crashing and I can’t even change the password.

By: Heather williams

Heather williams — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:23:35 +0000

fantabulous post .. thanks for sharing …..

By: Facebook Application Development

Facebook Application Development — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:19:43 +0000

i think it is somewhat like data hacking but not understand little.

By: Macanudo Cigars

Macanudo Cigars — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:10:42 +0000

I am agree! why people waste time.i am also asking same question as ask by Face book Developers.what is jail break?

By: Facebook Developers

Facebook Developers — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:03:36 +0000

First u tell what is jail break password and why they waste their important time on that such things.

By: iPhone Apps Developer

iPhone Apps Developer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:50 +0000

Me pointing out that mobileterminal doesnt work on 3.1.2 serves the purpose to let others know who are running that firmware not to think there is a problem. I tried to boot up MT a dozen times and it would always crash and made the effort to find a fix to realize it doesnt work on 3.1.2.

By: Joffa

Joffa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:52:07 +0000

Ok, so i’ve been rickrolled! Not funny when it happens to you. So can anyone point me in the right direction to get this removed, I have changed my root PW and it is still there, need help pls.

By: Mark Bergman

Mark Bergman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:24:32 +0000

Will changing the SSH PW impact future Jailbreaking or installation of any JB apps? Do any of these need the root PW to install? Simple tutorial and very easy to change by the way.

By: PhorZ

PhorZ — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:53 +0000

At least ikee didnt change everyones ring tone to ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’…. Now THAT would have been a horrible hack.

By: Therealtruth

Therealtruth — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:29:55 +0000

@Thor E

how is this an iPhone weakness? This affects people who jailbreak their devices, something apple clearly does not endorse.

By: Greyscale

Greyscale — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:34:15 +0000

iPhone isn’t the first smartphone to have a virus, Symbian has had them ages.

By: Thor e

Thor e — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:07:44 +0000

Wow. The iphone weaknesses keep coming out of the woodwork. I'd just avoid the thing all together. Too much suckage.

Congrats on being the first smartphone with a virus.

By: icebike

icebike — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:35:46 +0000

One wonders if Apple isn’t silently cheering. Maybe sending money.

By: G

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:21:09 +0000

Count me in as thinking it’s hilarious. But I wonder, why has it taken people so long to decide to do this crazy simple hack? Jailbreak has been around for over 2 years! Maybe it’s just certain European providers where the 3G smartphones all show up in a particular IP range accepting incoming SSH connections?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:27:05 +0000

Ok. Found this on tiib

So, what’s SSH?

The first thing you would like to know is what SSH is. SSH stands for secure shell that is commonly used in Unix/Linux environment. You can use SSH to access a remote a computer and execute commands from another machine that may be miles away. Additionally, you can use it to transfer files to the remote computer, just like FTP. I’m not going to dig deep and throw out all the technical details about SSH. But just remember, SSH is a tool that lets you access machine or devices remotely. Here, the device is your iPhone.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:23:05 +0000

Sorry for asking... What is SSH??

TIA

By: Mange

Mange — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:51:51 +0000

MADNESS! Iphone sends personel information to the developers of certain apps.

Click my name and check the full story!!!!!

By: Michael Denney

Michael Denney — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:46:38 +0000

Pretty funny if you ask me... I think it's a good way to point out the issue without causing any real damage.

Realistically the person could have done much more insidious things.

By: RON JEREMY

RON JEREMY — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:05:42 +0000

RON JEREMY SAYS ALL YOU QUEENS HATING ON PABLO ARE JUST JEALOUS. RON JEREMY SAYS STOP THE HATE.

By: BeeRad

BeeRad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:44:18 +0000

So does this mean you guys need an anti-virus suite installed? Hehehe

By: Oboewan

Oboewan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:08:37 +0000

Speaking of root passwords, I installed Ubuntu the other day using Wubi, and Wubi refuses to allow you to install without setting up a root password.

By: fastlane

fastlane — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:17:24 +0000

Cool, I've been searching all over for a good Rick Astley wallpaper. I'm changing my password back to alpine now.

By: Waffles

Waffles — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:05:40 +0000

I think it’s great that the hackers currently exploiting this lack of security seem to have a great sense of humor about it. @Ben Gillam that isn’t a bad idea, Cydia would be in a great position to vocally recommend people to change their passwords. I know that while I always have my SSH off, I never changed it’s default password until the hijack was reported last week. The awareness is working!

By: Ben Gillam

Ben Gillam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:01:17 +0000

Congrats Pablo, your a jerk!

On topic, this is quite scary and as JD says it would be beest if pwnagetool/redsn0w/blackrain or hell even cydia forced a password reset.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:58 +0000

@ Joe mcg cause it’s effing hilarious. If that happened to me, and I just suddenly had Rick Astly as my background, I would die laughing………and then immediatly change my password

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:57:35 +0000

@Joe

Why would you waste your time commenting on a "sad little loser"? Its basically just promoting security, and informing those that susceptible to fix their hole.

By: Joe McG

Joe McG — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:44:57 +0000

Why would a developer waste their time doing this. Sad little loser…

By: Stephman

Stephman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:39:34 +0000

You’re just as lame as getting Rickrolled!