Why Apple Can’t Stop iPhone Hackers

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involved in unlocking iPhones to try to get them to stop. Much is at stake. AT&T has been hoping that as the exclusive. provider of the iPhone, …

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Why Apple Can’t Stop iPhone Hackers 08/29/2007 06:40 PM
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NEWS ANALYSIS August 28, 2007, 12:01AM EST
Why Apple Can’t Stop iPhone Hackers
AT&T and Apple may face an uphill battle prosecuting hackers who untether the iPhone from the
AT&T wireless network
by Olga Kharif
It sure sounds like a steal. On Aug. 31, George Hotz plans to trade in his iPhone for a metallic blue Nissan (NSANY)
350Z sports car and three brand-new iPhones. But the 17-year-old’s device is no ordinary Apple phone. Hotz hacked his
iPhone and unlocked it so that it can be used on a variety of cell-phone networks, becoming the first person known to
have done so. The person buying Hotz’s phone, Terry Daidone, believes he’s the one getting the deal because Hotz has
agreed to work for him at his cell-phone refurbishing company, CertiCell.
Daidone says he doesn’t plan to sell unlocked iPhones just yet. Rather, he says that he wants Hotz to teach CertiCell’s
technicians the secrets to unlocking other kinds of cell phones. But that could…