Pirates ahoy!

Every time Apple launches a new operating system for its handheld products - iPhone, iPod and iPad - other developers work hard to remove the limitations placed on these devices running the iOS operating system through the use of software and hardware.儲存 The tech giant usually takes this in its stride. But of course piracy is a big no-no. Now one of these "jailbreaking" teams has surprised the community by entering this forbidden territory. No one would have imagined that such a famous team as Evad3rs would have permitted pirate software to be embedded in the jailbreaking tool for the latest iOS 7. When jailbreaking, or unlocking, an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch on iOS 7 using Evasion it installed an app beside Cydia, a third-party applications platform popular as an alternative to the official Apple App Store. And this was a big shock. On December 23, the first release of the iOS 7 Evasion tool was launched. When installed, the jailbreak package would find the language setting on the user's iOS device. If it ran in Chinese language, it would install the Chinese app store Taig - notorious for an overwhelming amount of pirated software. What made the situation worse was the exclusion of Cydia, the original and most reliable app store platform for jailbroken devices. Some users found out about the unauthorized installation and attempted to remove it. But their devices stopped functioning and required factory reset to make them run迷你倉again. Evad3rs finally decided to drop this pirate store software in a new release of the iOS 7 jailbreak after uproar in the community. "Our written and verbal agreement with Taig banned piracy," the team said in an open letter on the move to drop Taig and the allegations surrounding it all. "They assured us it was not in there. We did not check every package in their store but a cursory examination before release found no problems." The jailbreaker said it investigated the issue after being notified by the community, and found pirated tweaks in the package. "We terminated our relationship with them. We are very disappointed that they have decided to put up a cracked version of the jailbreak on their site that installs Taig. We did not give them any permission or source code" Rumors had long been flying around before this jailbreak was released that Evad3rs had sold it to a mainland firm, or at least taken at much as US$150,000 (HK$1.17 million) from the company. The team denied it. "There has been a lot of rumors listing various amounts we've been paid," Evad3rs said. "We have received no monies from any group, including Taig. We will not be accepting any money." Now the new Evasion jailbreak package seems to be clean and works for all iPhones, iPads and iPods running iOS 7.0 through 7.0.4. However, Taig is still offering its own version of jailbreak bundled with the Taig app store application. tony.liaw@singtaonewscorp.com self storage