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by anang 2213 days ago
Jail breaking is a deliberate and involved process, in some cases something that the manufacturer even allows for.

It’s not really the same as a random piece of JavaScript on a webpage jail breaking your phone. I think having a rootable device doesn’t inherently mean your device is insecure.

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> It’s not really the same as a random piece of JavaScript on a webpage jail breaking your phone. I think having a rootable device doesn’t inherently mean your device is insecure.

Heh this was actually the case for a couple of Safari-based jailbreaks, all the way up to 9.3.4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe