iPhone worm creator gets a job, as an iPhone app developer. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18590698]Why are they making a big deal about this 'worm?' It's incredibly easy changing the wallpaper. It's not much of an achievement.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but he did it first. He exposed the security glitch, so they hired him. If you did it first, you'd be the one with a new job and a high profile name.

This is like the opposite of what happened to the guy that leaked HL2

[QUOTE=w1z;18584821]What an idiot. LOLZ LETZ RIET A VIRUS THAT ONLI INFECTS JAILBROEKN IFONEZ CUZ JAILBRAEKIN IZ ILLEGUL N IT BRAEKS APPLULS SOFTWAER N USERZ CAN UZE IT TU DO BAD STUFFZ :downs: Only in Austrailia would someone think that the above is a smart thing to do.[/QUOTE] I would appreciate your no fact-based country bashing to be kept to a low. Thank you.

[QUOTE=MBGrimm;18584863]Awesome, this is where companies usually fall on their face. If people can hack the software they you've created, you want those people on [i]your[/i] side.[/QUOTE] he was hired by some devs who make apps for the app store. not apple

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;18596931]This is like the opposite of what happened to the guy that leaked HL2[/QUOTE] Leaking copyrighted material is not the same as creating a virus for a device.

If i hack the american military supercomputer will i get a job... :) no... I'll get my ass beaten up.

The US should give Garry McKinnon a job.

[QUOTE=johanz;18597534]Leaking copyrighted material is not the same as creating a virus for a device.[/QUOTE] Either way it's punishable by law...close enough for my argument

[QUOTE=UberMensch;18596697]Maybe the victims shouldn't have jailbroken their phones. Or if they don't like Apple's restrictions, get another phone? People who jailbreak get all they deserve from stuff like this. They've got no right to whine because it's their fault anyway.[/QUOTE] I know jailbreaking isn't one of the most clever things to do but he's still getting a job for a bad (and completely unoriginal) deed.

What a stupid point. "HURR JAILBREAKING ISNT CLEVER." Bullshit. Just because some asshat figured out how to change a wallpaper via SSH doesn't mean we're all fucked. And saying jailbreaking is stupid is quite idiotic. It's like bitching about PSP homebrew or Windows themes.

[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18623459]What a stupid point. "HURR JAILBREAKING ISNT CLEVER." Bullshit. Just because some asshat figured out how to change a wallpaper via SSH doesn't mean we're all fucked. And saying jailbreaking is stupid is quite idiotic. It's like bitching about PSP homebrew or Windows themes.[/QUOTE] You seriously need a lesson on not flaming and trolling people. Honestly.

[QUOTE=advil0;18626888]You seriously need a lesson on not flaming and trolling people. Honestly.[/QUOTE] I didn't flame anyone in that post, actually. The person I called an asshat was the person this thread is centered about, the "hacker" who made this "worm."

He wormed himself into an apple? Amazing.

[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18627636]I didn't flame anyone in that post, actually. The person I called an asshat was the person this thread is centered about, the "hacker" who made this "worm."[/QUOTE] I'd still consider it flaming/trolling.

Apple is going to absorb him for sustenance. Literally.

What the fuck, I could've written this. This flaw was so obvious. It requires minimal effort to write a program that logs into SSH and does bad stuff.

Nice job apple. Promote people hacking software to attempt to get jobs in an economic crisis.

It's not Apple who employed them, it's a mobile application developer company.

[QUOTE=Jamie932;18584831]I bet they are never gonna give him up.[/QUOTE] He's no stranger to love.

I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but don't you reckon this guy is the typical nerd who still lives in many past years thinking "LLOLOLOLO RICK ASTLEY IS FUNNY"; yet he is really smart, just he needs to catch up with the times.

Wonder if they'll ever let them down :rimshot:

He should know the rules, full commitment is what he's thinking of.

[QUOTE=Jamie932;18584831]I bet they are never gonna give him up.[/QUOTE] and he's never gonna let them down.