Wall Street Journal Profiles Hackers Behind the iPhone Jailbreak
The Wall Street Journal, yanking the curtain away from the wizards behind the iPhone jailbreaking scene, reveals a group of highly precocious teens, twenties, and thirty-somethings.
Now, if you’re the kind of personal who gets disappointed when they find out Hulk Hogan’s real name, prepare yourself for the unmasking of Chronic and Dev Team members — it’s equally less-than-cool.
If you just want a peak behind the scenes, however, check it out:
Ari Weinstein spends his summers riding his bike and swimming. This year, the 15-year-old had another item on his to-do list: Foil Apple Inc.’s brightest engineers and annoy chief executive Steve Jobs. [...] “Coding and testing things that may or may not work, and figuring things out, is a really rewarding experience,” says Ari.
[Thanks Icebike for the tip!]
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Wall Street Journal Profiles Hackers Behind the iPhone Jailbreak