“Hackers are working to unlock Apple Inc.’s iPhone, but the job appears to be more difficult than initially expected,” Sumner Lemon reports for IDG News Service.
“Hackers had hoped that modifying the iPhone’s bootloader — the program that runs before the operating system is loaded — would unlock the handset. But that turned out to be a dead end, as the bootloader code must be signed using a 1,024-bit RSA private key employed by Apple,” Lemon reports.
“The iPhone is locked for use with AT&T Inc.’s EDGE network. Unlocking the iPhone will allow the handsets to be used with other operators, including carriers in Asia and Europe, where the phone is not yet available,” Lemon reports.
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