Comex (Hacker) responsible for JailbreakMe.com Hired By Apple as Intern

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2011 by Unknown

As the trend continues nowadays another hacker gets hired by a major corporation. This time Comex, the hacker responsible for JailbreakMe.com, is joining Apple as an intern. JailbreakMe.com was the easiest and simplest hassle free solution for iOS users to jailbreak their devices simply by visiting a website. Unlike more older, difficult and time consuming ones. Like Apple iOS 4.3.5 Jailbreak

He announced the hiring on Twitter:

"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."

Comex was first unmasked by Forbes as Nicholas Allegra, a 19-year old Brown University student from Chappaqua, NY. Allegra's latest jailbreak utilized an exploit in Apple's PDF renderer to run custom software to crack iOS devices. Apple patched the bug after little more than a week, but the elegant solution, and the complete ease with which it allowed users jailbreak their phones, illustrate the talent that Allegra has.

However, This isn't the first time Apple has hired from the jailbreak community. Earlier this year MobileNotifier developer Peter Hajas was picked up as an Apple summer intern and we all know that we wanted a better notification system in iPhone so it was a good thing. But Unlike Hajas, however, Allegra has actually been responsible for some of the tools that have made jailbreaking possible on the iPhone.

So does that mean that the future of jailbreaking has gotten a lot weaker with one of the most important person behind jailbreaking has not infact just left jailbreaking but infact joined Apple to probably prevent it. Only time will tell.