As an at&t customer with an iphone i can see exactly what they are talking about. It is not the professional cyber criminal that is causing the concern. in that case you have a handful of deviants out to wreak havoc, which inevitably can be tracked down and may be stopped.
but now if you take the 40 million normal iphone users and lets say that half of them jailbreak. if an application comes out in the jailbreak community that is not approved by apple/at&T (like the slingbox app for streaming your home televison to internet capable devices). this unauthorized app can bring down the AT&t network for an entire region. everyone in the states knows the att network is not up to speed for the iphone. the first iphone was not 3G capable for this very reason. AT&t couldnt provide 3G to its entire subscriber base. even this week during the comic-con, at&t users get poor or no serivce becuase of all the people in one location pushing the infrastructure past breaking point. so thats why i say the amature hacker who jailbreaks their phone, can help bring at&t to its knees. At&t tells appple that no video streaming apps, voip apps like skype/google voice/ and no data hogging apps like tethering (or even MMS) are allowed on the USA app store. On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry. It doesn't make *any* sense. > > As others have already stated rather eloquently: > > If a person is going to commit a felony "cyberattacks", why the hell would > they worry about the legality of jailbreaking? It's like armed bank robbers > worrying that they're fully automatic rifle isn't legal. > > And: > > This is IDIOTIC. How can any reasonable person possibly buy this argument. > > Anyone that wants to bring down a cell phone tower or cell network IS NOT > GOING TO CARE whether or not it's LEGAL to screw with the cell radio > baseband software. They are ALREADY attempting to do something much worse. > > Let's be honest here, the "security" aspect of this argument is a > smokescreen. It's blatantly all about the profit! > > Furthermore, the cellular network should NOT be so fragile that a single > rogue cell phone could take it down (AFAIK it is not). BUT if AT&T is truly > insistent on making this argument, then I believe a full investigation by > the FCC is mandated. The self-admitted fragile state of their network means > that their stewardship of a public resource (radio spectrum) is being poorly > managed and truly endangering national security. > > And finally: > > hahahahaha > and hahahahahaha! > Maybe if people put their jailbroken phones in trebuchets and fire them at > cell towers... > > > > sanga collins wrote: > > it makes sense though. but only because AT&T network is so shoddy that > amature hackers could bring it to its knees. > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Niles Collins <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Very typical of Apple stance these days. They do a great job promoting >> their image to consumers because sometimes their claims are as ridiculous as >> some of the claims that come from Microsoft. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> >> > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing [email protected]http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > > -- > Kyle Spencer, > Information Technology Manager, > International Medical Group > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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