Comex hired by Apple

[Quietlyawesome94]

Nicholas Allegra, aka Comex, aka the young man behind JailbreakMe.com, has been offered an internship with Apple, according to his recent Twitter update. "It's been really, really fun, but it's also been a while and I've been getting bored. So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple."

JailbreakMe.com has been around for awhile, and it's long been one of the easier methods of jailbreaking iOS devices. Over the years the site has gone through various iterations to get around Apple's attempts to plug the holes it exploited, but now it appears Apple has employed the greatest jailbreaking deterrence it can: a job offer.

After Comex was profiled in Forbes, we speculated it wouldn't be long before Apple offered him a position. It looks like congratulations are in order.

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[gbatempfan1]

It is good news for the people who do jailbreaking with a pc, but it is unfortunate for the layman that he now has to go to what he hopes are trustworthy people to install stuff on his phone.

 

[iFish]

He wasn't "hired".

it was an internship.

There's a pretty big difference.

But either way, I'm happy for him. He has tallent. And deserves this.

 

[_Chaz_]

He wasn't "hired".

it was an internship.

There's a pretty big difference.

u jelly

 

[tagzard]

He wasn't "hired".

it was an internship.

There's a pretty big difference.

u jelly

Ya, he jelly

 

[Terminator02]

So why wasn't Geohot hired (Edit for iFish: or given an intership) by Apple/Sony, makes no sense why facebook would go out of there way to hire him.

 

[DeMoN]

Looks like Apple is really gonna hit hard on the jailbreakers this time around. So sad, first the 3DS can't be hacked, now this.

 

[Thesolcity]

He deserves it.

 

[buffdog]

isnt that most of the hackers do this so they can get jobs with the big companies so good on them

 

[kiafazool]

all apple employees are first given internships
so being hired is being given an internship

just look at peter hajas, he's also given and internship

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

So why wasn't Geohot hired (Edit for iFish: or given an intership) by Apple/Sony, makes no sense why facebook would go out of there way to hire him.

Geohot was widely regarded by most people as a joke, as his work was original and based off of other existing exploits (including the original jailbreak, which he does not deserve the credit for).
And then Sony decided to file a lawsuit against him, and suddenly everybody loved Geohot.

Geohot had already applied for an internship at Google, but was rejected. I think Facebook have made a pretty big mistake by hiring him, as he won't end up helping much. That said, it is the beginning of the end for Facebook.


As for Comex, I'm glad to hear he finally found a position where he will actually be rewarded for his accomplishments, we all know how the iOS-Hacking Scene (and the Wii-Hacking scene for that matter) consists of a few good developers and far many more ungrateful leeches.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

I know Comex more for his Wii scene stuff. It's good he's getting a nice job at Apple. He deserves it.

 

[shakirmoledina]

antoligy seems to be a geohot hater.
lol i like the fact that "if u cant beat em, join em" or rather "make them join you"

what will happen to the website?

 

[terminal_illness]

thats what i was wondering, is jailbrekame.com going down now?

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Ohhh that dude has talent and I am sure he has a good future ahead of himself

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Thats a great opportunity for him.

 

[chyyran]

thats what i was wondering, is jailbrekame.com going down now?

Probably not, because the exploit was already patched

 

[Deleted member 186944]

good for him but sucks for everyone else who uses a jailbroken phone, that is if his new job.... sorry internship has him patching possible holes that can be exploited

 

[chrisrlink]

this is bad news for idevice hackers since commex knows how to do it he can patch them (exploits) but even if one hacker is gone we will still prevail just buy a 2G device since 4.0 can be JB'd I have a 1G which can go up to ios 3.1.3 and i still have plenty of uses for it

 

[Slyakin]

Maybe if he gets around to helping with the development of iOS, there should be no need for jailbreaking, as we'll get a lot of the features from jailbreaks.

Of course, that's false, but a guy can dream.