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What is Jailbreaking, How does jailbreaking work?
You may have wondered what actually is jailbreaking.
Lately, the term jailbreaking has been doing the rounds of the internet.
You may have heard of iOS.
Consider Apples iOS ecosystem to be a jail and to escape it using a hack is jailbreaking.
In general, Jailbreaking in general means breaking the machine out of its jail.
The term is also used in reference to various other devices, from Android smartphones to Kindle e-readers.
The term first became prevalent in regards to the iPhone.
Its closely connected to terms like cracking (software) or rooting (phones).
These terms are sometimes interchangeable.
Apple has responded with updates to iOS patching exploits and with new hardware.
to apply a jailbreak, you will have to generally pause automatic iOS updates.
One of the reasons for jailbreaking is to expand the feature set limited by Apple and its App Store.
However, it is freely available on Cydia.
In this case, you will be required to wait for the appropriate hack from the jailbreaking community.
Jailbreaking also allows software piracy, so apps and games can be distributed for free.
Basically, you are entrusting the developers of all the apps you install rather than Apple.
source: www.techworm.net
