UGeorge Hotz, owaziwa ngokuthi uGeohot, ujoyine iqembu labaduni beGoogle

Akekho umuntu owaziwa kangcono emhlabeni wokugenca i-iPhone kunoGeorge Hotz, ngineminyaka engu-17 kuphela ubudala, Hotz, noma eyaziwa kangcono njengeGeohot waba el kuqala hacker owayekwazi ukwenza a vula kuya ku iPhone original emuva ku-2007.

Un vula Esigamekweni sefoni ephathekayo kubhekiselwa kuso khipha ifoni kukhiye we-opharetha, futhi le ube ngowokuqala ukukwenza ngaphakathi iPhone ukuyikhulula kulokhiye eyabiwa ngayo AT & T. Le iPhone yokuqala yokuqala ebingakhiyiwe ishintshelwe iNissan 350z.

Njengomsebenzi wakho wenkululeko bekungeke kuphelele inqobo nje lapho i-Apple lock ikhona esigungwini, futhi kudale ukuxhaphaza okuhlukahlukene kwezimbungulu lokho akuthole ku-iPhone okwamvumela dala amathuluzi ahlukahlukene we-jailbreak, phakathi kwayo kunesiphazamisi esidumile se- I-BootROM lokho kuxhaphaza i-limera1n, nokuthi i-firmware ye-Original iPhone, i-iPhone 3G, i-iPhone 3GS ne-iPhone 4 ikhona, ivumela amadivayisi we-Apple ukuthi aqhubeke nokushayeka ejele namuhla, noma ngabe i-iOS 7.1.

Kuphele ngempi esemthethweni ne-Sony ngemuva kwe- nokugenca ps3, kepha ngenxa yokuxhaswa kwabasebenzisi kuxazululwe ngesivumelwano se- «akusekho ukugenca noma uzongikhokhela u- $ 10.000«. Manje uHotz, oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala futhi usevele ungumfundi waseyunivesithi, ubuye waqashwa ukuba ujoyine iqembu eliphakeme labaduni ngokukhethekile kwezokuphepha kweGoogle.

Leli qembu eliphakeme labaduni labiza I-Project Zero ine-as umsebenzi «yenza i-inthanethi indawo ephephile".  UHotz uthole lesi sikhundla ngemuva uwine ama- $ 150.000 ngoMashi owedlule ku-Pwnium, umncintiswano wokugenca owenzeka minyaka yonke ngaphakathi kweNgqungquthela Yezokuphepha  CanSecWest, nokuthi kulo nyaka bekungaba phula ukuzivikela kweChome OS.

Ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemuva kokuwina lo mklomelo, UHotz wasondela kuChris Evans, unjiniyela wezokuphepha wakwaGoogle, ukujoyina iProject Zero kanye noBen Hawkes, uTavis Ormandy, kanye neBritish Ian Beer owafakwa ngomzuzu wokugcina ngemuva kokuthola izimbungulu eziyisithupha ku-iOS, OS X naseSafari.

IProject Zero izosebenzisa amathuluzi okuzingela izimbungulu okubandakanya kusuka ku- izicelo ezenzakalelayo eziphonsa idatha engahleliwe kokuqondiwe amahora ukuthola amafayela adala izingozi kanye ne- isigebengu esidala semizwa. Iqembu elincane lisabheke ukuqasha amalungu amasha kanti izinhlelo zawo zikhona qedela abaduni abayishumi esebenza kwiProject Zero yakhe eMountain View, endlunkulu yakwaGoogle.