New iPad, jailbroken

Another iPad, another jailbreak. Barely had it started shipping when Apple Inc.'s latest iPad tablet was jailbroken in three different ways by hackers, a hacker-oriented site reported Monday.

 

The Hacker News cited reports the hackers used at least three ways to jailbreak the iPad, allowing it to download and run apps that are not authorized by Apple.

 

"This must be a great relief for Apple fans who want to have their Apple devices, but don’t want Cupertino-based tech giant to keep it restricted as it wants," it said.

 

It said the first to claim a jailbreak was @Musclenerd, a member of the iPhone Dev Team, who tweeted images showing that he had already jailbroken the device.

 

Shortly after, "teammate" @i0n1c revealed a successful untethered jailbreak by teammate, releasing a video as evidence to his accomplishment.

 

A third tweet by @chpwn and @phoenixdev indicated a third successful jailbreak, and accompanying photos of the jailbroken new iPad running the Cydia Store.

 

“Jailbroken iPad (3), using a different method by myself and @phoenixdev," The Hacker News quoted them as saying, adding they also posted their URL.

 

The Hacker News noted jailbreaking devices to run third-party software was made legal in 2010 by the U.S. Copyright Office.

 

However, that exemption is set to expire, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking people to lobby so that jailbreaking will continue to be protected by law. — TJD, GMA News