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nalekberov • today at 1:32 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

More like open-to-utilize-full-capacity in that case.

Not all software, obviously. Apple is notoriously good at producing "black box" products.


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brookst • today at 1:34 PM

What Apple software has not / cannot be reverse engineered?

Runtime modification and replacement is limited by hardware root of trust, but for sheer source inspection I don’t think they’re special. What products are you thinking about?

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madeofpalk • today at 1:34 PM

Are they? This term jailbreak originated from people getting more access to iOS devices.

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