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This is no different than on the iPad. And as with the iPad, finding a security hole to work around the signature requirements is very simple compared to actual
by Xuzz 14y ago
This is no different than on the iPad. And as with the iPad, finding a security hole to work around the signature requirements is very simple compared to actually porting Linux. Indeed, as the Surface is a new product, I'd guess it might actually be much easier to find such a flaw than it has been on the iPad — which has had multiple such flaws discovered and exploited (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#Recent_releases_of_jailbreaking_tools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#Recent_release...).
- daeken 14y agoThere's an amazing lack of interest in Surface jailbreaking, though. I was running a Chip-in to pick up a Surface RT (primarily to gauge interest). Even with you, comex, and a bunch of other people retweeting it, it ended up getting a grand total of $80. And that was from a demographic that's deeply interested in such jailbreaks. The likelihood of a device being broken is almost purely a function of interest; the interest just isn't there for the Surface, which is why the money I got is going to the EFF rather than buying a device (my contingency if the project didn't raise enough or raised too much).
- Xuzz 14y agoThere's just an amazing lack of interest in the Surface altogether — except, apparently, from the freedom groups still upset about Microsoft while mostly ignoring the rest of the industry.