Questionable Content (Hacking/Downloads)
In November, Apple shipped the 4.2.1 update for its mobile operating system iOS, and days later, the iPhone jailbreaking community had figured out how to hack it. Unfortunately for jailbreaking enthusiasts, the only hack available at the time was what’s called a “tethered jailbreak,” meaning that every time you reboot your device, you have to connect it (i.e.,”tether” it) to your computer. But now, members of the hacking group known as the Chronic Dev Team have released a new jailbreaking tool called greenpois0n, which delivers, at long last, the highly anticipated “untethered” jailbreak.