iOS hacker P0sixninja leaves the Chronic Dev Team

By , Jul 31, 2012

Famous jailbreak master Joshua Hill, known in the community as P0sixninja just announced on his Twitter account that he is leaving the Chronic Dev Team, a reputable group of iOS hackers he helped create a few years ago, and of which he was considered the front-man, up until now.

At this point of time, it is unclear what the motivations behind the departure are. A follow up tweet sent by P0sixninja makes it sound like it might be a money matter, but my sources tell me it is far more complicated than that.

About an hour ago, Hill sent these two tweets to his followers:

P0sixninja has been a pivot in the development of key jailbreak tools such as GreenPois0n and more recently Absinthe. He is considered by many as one of the “chillest dudes” in the jailbreak community, with an impressive track record of accomplishment.

We’re not sure what P0sixninja is going to be up to, but something tells me this is not the last time we hear from him. I will be meeting him next month at JailbreakCon, and hopefully he’ll have some reassuring words from us regarding his future involvement in the community.

We wish him good luck, no matter what he decides to do next.

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  • http://twitter.com/iPhoneMagazin iPhone-Magazin.org

    nooooooooooooo :(

  • Mike Logan

    That sucks should have quit after IOS 6 A5 and A5X jailbreak was released to the public

    • http://twitter.com/GuyBey0ndC00L eDDie

      terrible that you even said that. he and others did things for no charge (free) and this is all you have to say terrible

  • http://twitter.com/oo7plasma Brandon

    job at Apple??

    • http://twitter.com/sivkai Siv

      Doubt it. This guy has a massive ego, if he got a job at Apple, he would plaster the news all over Twitter.

      • sutiam

        Don’t be ridiculous. A dude with this level of hacking skill can get a job at any tech company he likes.

      • http://www.facebook.com/antman217 Anthony Antunez

        He didn’t say he couldn’t get the job, he’s saying that if he did it would be posted all over his twitter since this guy has a huge ego. He reminds me of geohot who is also a beast at hacking but likes the limelight way too much.

      • http://twitter.com/sivkai Siv

        Spot on.

    • http://www.iDownloadBlog.com Sebastien

      Definitely not

  • jose castro

    that sucks. but i wish the best

  • http://twitter.com/GH0STi Gh0st

    well we do know he tried to sell his iPhone 4 and an 0-day iBoot exploit for $50 which he could have made like he said $50,500 on so he might be done hacking just saying he also might have sold it to an Apple employee at the black hat convention for $50

  • http://twitter.com/oneBurge Burge

    He’s the most chilliest because of the smokes … Lol… I hope he still sticks with the jailbreak community.. Sad day (maybe)

  • http://twitter.com/HiTekkSteff Stephaughn Alston

    Another intern at Facebook?

  • Nicolas Loots

    First peterhajas, then comex and now p0sixninja? Who’s next?!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=558812483 Gustavo Adolfo Mirabal

      Bet is Pod2g

      • Nicolas Loots

        Probably, as he wouldn’t deny a job at Apple

    • http://twitter.com/Plazmer Ahmed Muhammad

      Dont forget the best of them. Geohot

  • http://twitter.com/amad_ahmed01 Amad

    Thats messed up.

  • Sina

    Thank you for all your efforts and time on community.
    Good Luck and Best Wishes.

  • http://twitter.com/EnvJones Tupacaveli

    Switching to Android perhaps :p ??!!

  • Ronald Weaver

    What a shame. I know he says it’s not about the money. That could be very true. I think as the software from apple develops it might be getting harder and harder to produce legal jailbreaks. I donate from time to time. I would be lieing if I said I donated to every jailbreak . I do belive if we as a community if we would donate more to the devs. They would be highly motivated to do more work and maybe release them faster. I don’t know if I’m right but tell me if you agree.

  • http://twitter.com/IbrahimRIAlBora Ibrahim R.I.AlBoraey

    the story is very strange, he started by selling his iPhone 4 for 50$,

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000632085147 Cesar Daniel Quiroz

    But he will stay hacking…. no?

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.jonsen Joe Jonsen

    I am not worried about this at all… Jailbreaking the iphone 5 swill be the biggest challenge and will bring out fresh new talented hackers from the wood work wh ready to make a name for themselves..

  • http://twitter.com/myorangeisstuck willie

    His contributions will be remembered, he will be missed

  • FrankensteinBlack

    This is the light weight version of the story. Sayin…

  • http://twitter.com/iphonejailbrea2 iphonejailbreak

    who will jailbreak the iphones now?

  • dracoslife

    I wish that man all the luck in the world he deserves it thank you for your contribute to the community :D .also screw ya poopheads saying such things without even knowing the guy,straight uP!

  • Jasykes Sykes

    Word Ninjas take me to the turtles!!