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<title><![CDATA[Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 arrives, except for iPad 2]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest release of the PwnageTool works with iOS 4.3.1 on a handful of iOS devices that can run it.(Credit:CNET)The cat-and-mouse game between Apple and the iOS hacking community is still afoot, with the recent release of an update to a tool that allows users to gain low-level system access and install unapproved third-party applications on iOS devices.The iPhone Dev Team (not to be confused with Apple's own team that develops iOS), has released the latest version of its PwnageTool and RedSn0w tools, both of which let people jailbreak their iOS devices. The big news with this one is that it's &quot;untethered,&quot; which means people don't have to worry about having to re-do the jailbreak process every time they reboot their devices. The new versions of the software, which were published to the group's blog last night, as well as on BitTorrent and more than a dozen mirrors, work on all devices that support iOS 4.3.1, short of the CDMA version of theiPhone 4, and theiPad 2. And as with previous versions of the PwnageTool, it remains aMac-only affair, though RedSn0w works on both Macs and PCs.According to the Dev Team blog, the reason for the iPad 2 omission is not for lack of trying. The latest in the series of Apple's iOS devices cannot be exploited using Limera1n or SHAtter, two techniques that target the boot ROM, something Apple began hardening with the iPhone 3GS. As for the tool not working on the CDMA iPhone 4, that's because the device was not given the update to iOS 4.3 as the other devices were.This is not the first jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1, but it's the first to offer users an untethered option. A tethered option was released within hours of Apple putting out the minor iOS update in late March.Jailbreaking continues to be a hot button topic for Apple and the developer community. Apple has eventually added many of the features and types of applications users previously could only get by jailbreaking their devices, but jailbreaking also represents a security risk with applications being able to do more than Apple allows with its own development tools. As a result, Apple has made a habit of issuing hardware and software releases that close the security holes being exploited. Likewise, some developers with apps that were not approved or had been removed from the App Store have taken to third-party application stores to offer their software.Anyone brave enough to give this a try <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google settles FTC charges over Buzz]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google has agreed to establish a &quot;comprehensive privacy program&quot; to settle allegations that last year's launch of Google Buzz, a foray by the Web giant into social networking, initially shared more information than users reasonably expected.The Federal Trade Commission said today that the Mountain View, Calif.-based company has entered into a settlement agreement, which does not admit any wrongdoing, that includes regular reports on its privacy practices prepared by an independent professional for the next 20 years.&quot;When companies make privacy pledges, they need to honor them,&quot; said Jon Leibowitz, the Democratic chairman of the FTC. &quot;This is a tough settlement that ensures that Google will honor its commitments to consumers and build strong privacy protections into all of its operations.&quot;The settlement, approved 5-0 by the commissioners, is subject to public comment and final approval. Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, a Republican, suggested in a separate statement that he has &quot;substantial reservations&quot; about the scope of the settlement.Did Google agree to it &quot;because it was being challenged by other government agencies and it wanted to 'get the commission off its back'&quot; Rosch wrote.The worrisome section, he said, is three paragraphs that say Google will &quot;obtain express affirmative consent&quot; from users--opt-in, in other words--any time it proposes any &quot;additional sharing&quot; of certain types of user information. That appears to levy new restrictions on Google's ability to launch new products that will not apply to its larger social network competitors, including Facebook, Twitter, and even Apple and LinkedIn.Related links &amp;149' Google's social side hopes to catch some Buzz &amp;149' What Google needs to learn from Buzz backlash &amp;149' Google changes Buzz privacy settings--againOn the other hand, the FTC signaled today that it views the settlement terms as current &quot;best practices&quot; for the Internet industry, indicating it expects other companies to abide by similar terms -- which could mean Google's market disadvantage would be limited.In a message on Twitter, Katie Ratte, lead attorney in the FTC's privacy and identity protection division, wrote that &quot;the best practices set forth in the order should serve as a guide to industry.&quot; And FTC has been asked (PDF) to look into controversial changes to Facebook's privacy settings as well, meaning the opt-in language of the Google Buzz settlement could reappear.In a blog post this morning, Google product privacy director Alma Whitten apologized for the privacy misstep, saying Buzz's launch &quot;fell short of our usual standards for transparency and user control--letting our users and Google down.&quot;What's unclear, and has been since last year (see previous CNET report) is how many people use Buzz on a regular basis. There's some indication, according to an estimated prevalence of Buzz buttons on Web sites, that usage has grown slowly but consistently since last summer. Google said in February 2010 that &quot;tens of millions of people have checked Buzz out,&quot; but has declined to be more specific.Google Buzz disclosed your &quot;followers&quot; and who you were &quot;following&quot; only if you had elected to publish that information publicly on your Google profile in the first place. But critics have charged that the choices were not as obvious as they could have been and violated a law enforced by the FTC prohibiting &quot;deceptive&quot; business practices.The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, called today's settlement &quot;the most significant privacy decision&quot; by the FTC to date. Last year, EPIC prodded (PDF) the FTC to investigate Buzz, asking it to &quot;enjoin (Google's) unfair and deceptive business practices.&quot; That didn't happen, but the broader investigation did.TechFreedom, a free-market think tank also in Washington, said the settlement shows that no new laws are needed. &quot;Today's settlement should remind us that the FTC already has sweeping powers to punish unfair or deceptive trade practices,&quot; TechFreedom President Berin Szoka said.Today's settlement comes as Google is under pressure from government competition agencies, with antitrust allegations in Europe and an ongoing Justice Department review of a $700 million bid to acquire airline flight and ticket information provider ITA Software. Rivals are increasing their anti-Google efforts, including objecting to the Google Book Search settlement and lobbying against what was a proposed partnership with Yahoo.Disclosure: Declan McCullagh is married to a Google employee who is not involved with Google Buzz.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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