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Jailbreak, app piracy, and the true cost of theft

By , Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 11:23 am
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Now that the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak is available for the iPhone 4S, new iPad, and older devices, the subject of jailbreak in general is getting a lot of attention again, and with it, the dark side of jailbreaking. It seems whenever someone wants to attack the very concept of jailbreak, one of the first salvos unleashed is app piracy. The sad, ugly truth is that those attacks are made possible because some people who jailbreak do so mainly or entirely to get "free" apps. And the sadder, uglier truth is that there's no such thing as "free". Everything has a cost. Even and especially theft.

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Angry Birds boss doesn't see app piracy as a problem

By , Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:21 pm
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In a recent interview, Rovio CEO Mikael Hed said that app piracy isn't a huge threat to their signature title, Angry Birds. In fact, it may help increase their popularity. Hed draws a lot of parallels to the music industry, and sees suing your fanbase as fundamentally "futile".

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Porting Siri to other iOS devices requires piracy, likely won't be a reality

By , Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:41 am
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iPhone Dev-Team member MuscleNerd has gone on the record stating a port of Siri to other iOS devices outside of the new iPhone 4S will require piracy, and likely won't

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iPhone App Piracy is Out of Control

By , Thursday, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:00 am
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Piracy exists in many different media platforms - movies, music, books, video games and yes, even iPhone applications. Exactly how big is iPhone application piracy to date? According to 24/7

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Apple Closed Jailbreak Exploit Due to App Piracy?

By , Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:10 am
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Did Apple close the 24kpwn exploit in the latest shipments of the iPhone 3GS due to app piracy? MobileCrunch thinks it's certainly a factor:

While jailbreaking allows for countless wonderful

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Apple Faces Off Against the EFF in Jailbreak Showdown

By , Monday, May 4, 2009 at 6:12 am
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Back in February we brought to you the story about Apple saying that Jailbreaking your iPhone is illegal. Granted that was in response the (Electronic Frontier Foundation), and their

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App Store Anarchy - Pirated iPhone Applications

By , Wednesday, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:55 pm
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First we had Crackulous, and now as is the case with any sort of media today, piracy is running rampant. It is something that is bound to happen no

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$200 iTunes Gift Cards on Sale for $2.60 (Ok, Not Really...)

By , Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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Ok, well Apple is really not selling $200 iTunes gift cards for only $2.60 so keep dreaming. But according to Music Ally Chinese "pirates" have hacked the algorithm that generates

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iPhone Anti-Pirates Strike Back

By , Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:06 am
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Crackulous, while surrounded by some initial humor, wasn't funny for developers who work night and day to feed their families only to see their work ripped off. (Come

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Who Pirates the iPhone Pirates?

By , Monday, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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Ridiculously funny exchange between Adam from Gizmodo and the developer of Crackulous -- the jailbreak app meant to pirate legitimate apps, see Jeremy's post this morning -- who's complaining that

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