Friday, September 24, 2010
IPA God : Install Cracked Apps without a Jailbroken iDevice [video][Update 1]
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Here’s the deal. A few people from iModZone are developing an application called “IPA God”. We have some exclusive screenshots after the jump. Basically, this app, distributed via ad-hoc, will be able to install cracked applications on a non-jailbroken device running iOS 4.0 or later. How does it work? We have some details, as well as info on who to blame.
This method has been confirmed by chpwn on IRC and has sort of been pondered by ih8sn0w. According to chpwn, Apple, in 4.0, had added “this thing”, and it lets you create certain files on the filesystem. Once hackers found out about that, people have been doing crazy things. It works similarly to how AppSync works. The scary part? It works. People who happen to have “IPA God” confirm that it does work as intended. chpwn also believes that it may be a left over from some testing that Apple had done.
So who’s to blame? Apple. They seem to be forgetting a lot of little things when it comes to security. Because of this, people will be able to install cracked applications without even being jailbroken. People will be paying the developers of “IPA God” a bit of money to get their UDID registered so that they can install this app onto their device.
A lot of app store developers are against jailbreaking, because you can effortlessly install their applications for free. Now, you can do the same thing without even being jailbroken.
This method has been confirmed by chpwn on IRC and has sort of been pondered by ih8sn0w. According to chpwn, Apple, in 4.0, had added “this thing”, and it lets you create certain files on the filesystem. Once hackers found out about that, people have been doing crazy things. It works similarly to how AppSync works. The scary part? It works. People who happen to have “IPA God” confirm that it does work as intended. chpwn also believes that it may be a left over from some testing that Apple had done.
So who’s to blame? Apple. They seem to be forgetting a lot of little things when it comes to security. Because of this, people will be able to install cracked applications without even being jailbroken. People will be paying the developers of “IPA God” a bit of money to get their UDID registered so that they can install this app onto their device.
A lot of app store developers are against jailbreaking, because you can effortlessly install their applications for free. Now, you can do the same thing without even being jailbroken.
The video above shows IPA God working on non-jailbroken iPad (will work on iPod touch and iPhone too), by the time, Apple will catch the exploit and address it in the next software update. This post shows the real difference between jailbreaking and app piracy. Jailbreaking is fully legal as it don't stole money but app priacy is illegal because it download paid apps for free, That's the difference! [via 9to5mac]
Upate 1: Few hours ago, IPA confirmed as a fake, iPod 2G the will-known iPhone hacker and the discoverer of SHAtter exploit which will be used in the Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1, confirmed that the IPA God is a fake app, so please just ignore such apps as we reported earlier it may damage your idevice or steal your password.
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