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[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can’t jailbreak a phone without already obtaining full access to the device. So, unless people are jailbreaking their phones before giving them away, that is not a likely scenario. You also can’t use a phone that was wiped unless you first remove or have the credentials to the iCloud account associated with it. So, they could wipe the phone, and then it’s a brick. Only if they have the appleid password Can they wipe it and use it as new, and only if they have the Lock Screen passcode can they jailbreak it to wipe it via exploits.

That said, there are other tools and methods, the most common being transferring a known good serial number to a locked phone, and remote iCloud unlocks are available from China, using the official Apple unlock servers, so not a technical exploit, but a human one.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't jailbreak exploits achieved by various means? i.e. if you're exploiting some unknown software bug it could come from any source, right? Either way, this totally legit software claims it can do it, and I'm sure there are plenty of less well-advertised hacks available too.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Jailbreaks are indeed achieved by various means, but every single one of them requires the phone to be unlocked. I used to own a repair shop, so I’m rather acquainted with the tricks. I’d say 95% of those “iCloud unlock” services are scams, and the rest of them use apples official servers to do so as I mentioned above.