Evad3rs Announce iOS 7 Jailbreak For Latest Apple Devices

hypnosec writes "Evad3rs, the famous iOS jailbreak team, has announced an iOS 7 jailbreak that will work in all iDevices including iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and iPad Air running iOS 7.0 through to iOS 7.0.4. The iOS 7 jailbreak was announced without much of a hype, unlike the one for iOS 6. 'Merry Christmas! The iOS 7 jailbreak has been released at http://evasi0n.com/! All donations will go to @publicknowledge, @eff and @ffii,' tweeted evad3rs." Reader FrogBlastTheVentCore adds a note of caution: "They recommend restoring your device to iOS 7.0.4 if it has received OTA updates before attempting to jailbreak."

Re: iOS 7.1

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Because the things you can do in user land are far more interesting to a lot of people that it is worth the trade offs in terms of stability, usability and security. Being able to customize the shit out of springboard, the keyboard, etc are really nice and fun but the charm of the OS isnt that I feel nice and fuzzy being in idiot mode, it's that I really don't feel the need to hack at it.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to customize the shit out of ios and run non App Store apps but I generally don't feel I need it to make the thing a nice place to live.

Re:Nice, but...

[Just Some Guy]

Regardless of where the code is or when it was written, I have a root-level vulnerability that makes my phone insecure. I wish jailbreaking were both unneeded (because you could easily install your own software through official means) and impossible (because there weren't any security holes to exploit).

Re:iOS 7.1

[Cinder6]

Honestly, as an iOS user, I don't really see the need. I have jailbroken in the past and just didn't see much that was worth the effort or the inevitable wait for official updates. For those that do want/need/"need" root, then this is a good option (or just buy an Android device).

There are a few cool apps/tweaks on Cydia, but userland iOS also has tons of cool apps. For the vast majority of iOS users, jailbreaking isn't necessary.

Re:Jailbreak with broken Cydia and Mobile Substrat

[ArbitraryName]

When you jailbreak you're running random code from the internet that was specifically advertised as a security exploit. I don't know what sort of naive expectations you have.