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Rumor raised this week about jailbreaking iPhones were reported of getting hacked into with Rick Astley face on the screen – iphonetalk

Apparently the hacker was not to shy about it and has done several interviews about how and why he did the hacking. The hack started out as an experiment to see how far it would go and reportedly started out with three phones and spread like wildfire overnight.

This presents an interesting dilemma for many iPhone users as there are supposedly millions of jailbroken iPhones out on the market right now. For those of you that are not familiar with jailbraking, it is the process by which users are able to run unofficial code through their phones that will enable them to use unapproved applications. By doing this, they are also able to get applications via other outlets instead of going through the official iPhone App Store.

Anytime you have something like this, it will start to spread chills up and down spines as these renegade iPhone users now realize that by putting this “illegal” code into their phones, they are now susceptible to a virus. While this one seemed liked more of a joke than anything else, there is no telling what the next person will do.

While this is not great news for iPhone users who have a jailbroken phone, it may prove to be great news for Apple. The point has been proven that you cannot use code that does not officially come from Apple without risking the integrity of your information. They may look upset on the outside, but there very well may be smirk deep down within. This can only increase sales at the App Store as the millions of users who were considering doing something like this have probably just been scared straight.

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