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Tihmstar opts not to release standalone exploit, instead says “something cool coming”

Matrix code hacked iPhone.

There was no shortage of exciting jailbreak-centric news this past week, but perhaps the most captivating tidbit of all was the announcement that tihmstar was tinkering with an exploit that could hack a subset of devices running iOS 11.2.6-11.4.1 – specifically those with headphone jacks.

It didn’t take long after the initial announcement for tihmstar to share that he had achieved tpf0, which permits arbitrary reads and writes to a device’s kernel memory. On the other hand, a pair of Tweets shared just weekend shed new light on the hacker’s intentions involving said exploit:

How Apple could make the notch less notchy

Samsung’s Galaxy A8s arrived with a hole-punch display and the upcoming Galaxy S10 should reduce the chins by putting the camera and the sensor array into a small circular cutout in the display. Apple, meanwhile, is rumored to make the notch on 2019 iPhones a bit smaller.

Chart: every product Apple has made so far

It's said that Steve Jobs reduced Apple's product lineup so drastically after returning to helm the company that the whole product portfolio could fit on a table, and that holds true today. But do you ever wonder just how many different products Apple has made throughout the years?