{"id":27724,"date":"2019-12-30T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T20:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=27724"},"modified":"2020-02-24T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:14:35","slug":"apples-filing-against-corellium-and-jailbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/30\/apples-filing-against-corellium-and-jailbreaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s Filing Against Corellium and Jailbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amanda Gorton<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Apple’s latest filing against Corellium should give all security researchers, app developers, and jailbreakers reason to be concerned. The filing asserts that because Corellium “allows users to jailbreak” and “gave one or more Persons access… to develop software that can be used to jailbreak,” Corellium is “engaging in trafficking” in violation of the DMCA. In other words, Apple is asserting that anyone who provides a tool that allows other people to jailbreak, and anyone who assists in creating such a tool, is violating the DMCA.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Across the industry, developers and researchers rely on jailbreaks to test the security of both their own apps and third-party apps – testing which cannot be done <\/em>without a jailbroken device. For example, a recent analysis of the ToTok app revealed that an Apple-approved chat app was being used as a spying tool by the government of the United Arab Emirates, and according to the researchers<\/a> behind this analysis, this work would not have been possible without a jailbreak.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

The filing is available here<\/a> (tweet<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

Will Strafach<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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in their most recent court filing, Apple has declared an all out war on jailbreaking.<\/p>\n

they’ve actively decided that they will destroy the livelihoods of those who dare to help folks escape the walled garden.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jamie Bishop<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple’s latest filing in the Corellium case is HORRIFYING.<\/p>\n

It effectively will set a precedent which makes unsanctioned research of Apple products ILLEGAL<\/em>.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I am SO unbelievably disappointed that Apple has declared war on the security scene.<\/p>\n

They lost all those years ago with the DMCA exemption, but now they’ve decided to go after the researchers, the people keeping US safe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Pwn All The Things<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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If Apple won this case, not just Apple, but any<\/em> platform company could sue any security researcher for publishing a tool to help with security research on their platform. The DMCA claim is a really extreme claim.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Miguel de Icaza<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“We are profiting from Apple’s IP for security” is not any different than “we are selling bootlegged DVDs of Star Wars for the sake of the children”<\/p>\n

Of course, under capitalism rules, the next step is to offer more scenarios beyond security for the product - assorted virtualization workloads are the obvious next step. Then followed by tools to install iOS on non-Apple hardware. This is why Apple will fight this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

It seems like Corellium is probably legally in the wrong, at least with respect to the virtualization product. Apple also acted dishonorably towards them and is now trying to use the case to overreach and assert even more control.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n