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Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and availablefor download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in theBox conference in Amsterdam on Friday. Absinthe 2.0 can be used to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 devices , allowing users to gain root access to the OS and, for example,download applications not authorized by Apple. [ In other news at Hack in the Box: Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services . The Web browser is your portal to the world -- as well as theconduit that lets in many security threats. InfoWorld's expertcontributors show you how to secure your Web browsers in this " Web Browser Security Deep Dive " PDF guide. ] Absinthe 2.0 is untethered, which is more desirable than tetheredjailbreaks because it allows users to reboot their devices withoutplugging them into external computers. Untethered jailbreaks alsoallow devices to remain jailbroken after a reboot. "We actually managed to finish the untethered jailbreak for the5.1.1 OS version," said jailbreaker Nikias Bassen, also known byhis Twitter handle @pimskeks, at the end of two presentations the Jailbreak Dream Team gave during the conference. The teamannounced the new jailbreak by mentioning "one more thing," thephrase former Apple CEO Steve Jobs often used to slyly announcemajor news at Apple press conferences. Absinthe 2.0 is the first untethered jailbreak for the thirdgeneration iPad, and can also be used for the iPhone 4S, 4 and 3GS,the iPad 2 and 1 and the iPod Touch. It is available for download at the team's website. However, Absinthe 2.0 only works withdevices that run iOS 5.1.1. When the new jailbreak was announced, the team's website was down."It is available for download as soon as we manage to get theserver back online," said Bassen promised, who half jokingly addedthat they might have been hacked. He worked on the jailbreak with jailbreakers Joshua Hill(@p0sixninja), David Wang (@planetbeing) and Cyril, who did notprovide his last name and is also known as (@pod2g). The jailbreakers expect their latest software to be downloadedabout a million times, they said during a press conferencefollowing the announcement. In the past, the jailbreaks weredownloaded about half a million times, but that number isincreasing, they added. The jailbreakers don't expect that Apple will roll out a quick fixfor the latest iOS hack. "Of course, they are going to patchthings. But I'm not sure they will release a new version of iOSjust for this. I think they will wait for iOS 6," said Cyril. Thejailbreakers -- who met each other in person for the first timeduring the conference -- expect that a beta version of iOS 6 willbecome available soon. They denied rumors that they have already started working on an iOS6 jailbreak. "We are actually not working on that," Bassen said,adding that "it is always good to have an exploit in the drawer,"hinting that they have other jailbreaking methods lined up that canbe tried on the next version of iOS. "There is a good chance wewill use one of them," Bassen said. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Cellphone Replacement Parts , Cell Phone Flex Cable Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits IPod Video LCD Replacement.
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