Every time Apple releases a new device on the market, a counter is started to see how long it takes hackers to launch a jailbreak, even if it is limited to a closed group of users. Virtually all devices managed by different versions of iOS have gone through this process. The last to resist was the Apple Watch, which has already been the target of hackers, specifically the watchOS 3 version.
The presentation was held behind closed doors at the DEF CON 25 conference and for now only available to developers, so it is unlikely that it will be able to reach the market at least in the next few months. Also taking into account the hardware limitation of this despotic, if a tweak is launched to complement its functions, it must be very light so that it does not interfere with its operation.
If you are interested in seeing the official presentation, you can already do it through the video that we attach to you in this article, a video in which it is explained in great detail how, what and why it asks us to serve the jailbreak on the Apple Watch with watchOS 3 installed. Considering that the fourth version is about to be released, it is more than likely that the next version of watchOS has closed the exploit used to access the root of the system and inject the necessary codes to be able to do and undo as we please, as long as we know what we are doing.
Over 35 minutes, Max Bazaliy security researcher at Lookout and founder of the Fried Apple Team, shows us how through the jailbreak we can have access to:
- Access to health and fitness data
- Call log access
- Photo Access
- Access to calendars
- Access to contacts
- Access to emails and messages
- GPS access
- Microphone access
- Access to Apple Pay
Now it all depends on the imagination of the developers and what Apple does not close the exploit in watchOS 4Otherwise, and if it does not take long to reach the market, we can see first-hand if a jailbreak for the Apple Watch makes sense or if, on the contrary, this device is not designed to offer functions beyond those that Apple integrates natively. For now we can just sit back and wait for new news about the future of this jailbreak.
