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AFAIK there are still cracks available, although it's been getting more difficult over time.

This is another one of the reasons why I'm opposed to the current trend of "memory safety" that the megacorps are so enthusiastic about. When insecurity is freedom, and security means securing against the user's control, attacking insecurity will only close off paths to freedom.



> This is another one of the reasons why I'm opposed to the current trend of "memory safety"

So the argument is that those buffer overflows in iMessage used to target people (i.e. https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-i... used to target a Saudi activist) are actually good because a hacker might jailbreak a phone with it?

It's good if all my software on linux crashes with segfaults because it might let someone unlock a locked down linux device one day?

I don't feel particularly free if my device is pwned with ransomware


When the gun is pointed at you, you'd better hope it misfires.




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