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by trendnet 4909 days ago
"If so, this is a significant step up in terms of hackability than iOS or Android."

You can ssh into iOS and have all the Unix utilities and full root control for quite some time.
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jspthrowaway2 4909 days ago
...after jailbreaking and modifying. His point was off the bat, legally, or both.
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josteink 4909 days ago
Not to be an über-pedant, but are you implying that it's somehow illegal to take ownership of your own device?

In what crazy world do you live?

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jspthrowaway2 4909 days ago
A rapidly-evolving one where the legal status of jailbreaking an iPhone has changed over the last several years and jailbreaking an iPad remains illegal. AKA: The United States.
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