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We’re not really certain why anyone’s surprised by the iPhone libtiff exploit at this point — it’s the entire basis of the 1.1.1 jailbreak, after all — but apparently Fast Company didn’t get the memo, because it just posted up this video of “self-employed security consultant” Rik Farrow using the ’sploit to surreptitiously install a voice recorder on an unpatched 1.1.1 iPhone. That would have been huge news when the iPhone first came out, obviously (and look at that — it was) but FC and Rik are a little late, here: the libtiff exploit has already been patched, first by the Jailbreakme 1.1.1 web-jailbreak and then by Apple in the 1.1.2 update. There’s no doubt that it’s a serious vulnerability — and Rik’s confidently paranoid tone in this video makes it a must-watch — but it’s funny to see people get all worked up over a patched security hole hackers have been exploiting on a variety of devices for some time now.

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Pocket-lint just came away from a meeting with Apple in the UK with the news we’ve been expecting: Apple will release their v1.1.2 firmware globally with the UK and German iPhone launch on Friday. Right, the same version which T3 says plugs the jailbreak exploit. Remember kiddies, the update, if true, will be optional. Just how important are voice memos and a disk-use mode to you anyway at the expense of all your other hacked applications?

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iPhone v1.1.2 breaks jailbreak — coming to the UK on Friday

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