How do you get an AI to answer a question it’s not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak” techniques, and Anthropic researchers just found a new one, in which a large language
You would be forgiven if you thought jailbreaking was dead. There hadn't been a good, untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 running the current version of the iOS operating system for some ti
Jailbreaking has returned, and already servers are overloaded. Today, a group of iOS hackers styling themselves as <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/evad3rs">the Evad3rs team</a> has releas
Technically speaking, the iPhone 5 is already jailbroken. You're just not allowed to have it yet. The reason for this is because one of the bugs that contributes to a functional jailbreak is so good,
Apple has just hired yet another member of the iPhone jailbreaking community, Nicholas Allegra, also known as "<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/comex">@comex</a>" on Twitter. Allegra is best known for
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greenpois0n-rc6.jpg" />With the latest <a href="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/10/13/ios-4-1-jailbreak-greenpois0n-goes-live-for-linux-
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/RAINBOWS.jpg" />The <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/Apple-TV/">Apple TV</a> only came out a month and a half ago, and it's already
It’s pretty much an accepted fact that the iPhone is a great mobile gaming platform. What is also accepted is that the controls are somewhat less then optimal for some kinds of games. Enter the
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jailbreakapple.jpg" />No idea how this will fly in court, but here we go. <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/apple/">Apple</a> says t
There’s a trend that’s been disturbing me lately. When the topic of modding or jailbreaking comes up — say, in the wake of the iPad announcement, or Sony’s restrictive PS3 upda
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/unlockediphone-620x276.jpg">Don't feel like dealing with <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreaking </a>you iPhone a
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ipt2gmt.jpg">The infamous Dev-Team dropped a big hint in the form of an image a few days ago that the hacker group was developing an iPod
Relax, it’s over, we came out of it alright. The iPhone 3G is officialized, and it’s pretty hot. Not just the faster speeds and real GPS, but the forthcoming apps and low price tag make it
Meeeeeee. I sure as heck didn’t pay for it, but some strings were pulled and now I have one to pet heavily for the next couple weeks. Maybe now Biggs will shut up and not whip his out every two
Last week, while trying to write a Help-Key on jailbreaking an iPod Touch with 1.1.4, I bricked my iPod. It was out of commission for a couple of days. Since then, I’ve got it up and on its feet
When Apple released the 1.1.4 firmware to the iPhone and iPod Touch-owning public earlier in the week, there was much excitement over who was going to be the first to jailbreak it. Well, it turns out
Another day, another way to Jailbreak a 1.1.3 iPhone. And that’s the iPhone, the touch isn’t supported yet. But this promises to be the easiest and fastest way to Jailbreak your iPhone yet
The guys over at iPhone Atlas have a pretty good point in today’s blog, namely that those of you rushing to Jailbreak your 1.1.3 iPhones and iPod Touches might just be screwing yourselves later,
[photopress:jail.jpg,full,center]Just a quick note: those of us waiting for an easy way to Jailbreak our 1.1.3-firmware-toting iPhones or iPod Touches have to wait no longer, as the Dev Team has relea