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Apple bans two hackers from App Store

article published on 16 February, 2010

Two well-known hackers, Sherif Hashim and another who goes by the name iH8Sn0w, have had their Apple IDs blocked from accessing the App Store this week. Hashim created a hack for the iPhone OS 3.1.3 and Sn0w created the XEMN tool that unlocks the radio baseband for iPhone 3G and 3GS with 3.1.3. The latest move has started an avalanche of worry from users of jailbroken iPhones and iPod ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		17. February 2010 @ 00:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
From Apple:
"How dare you fix our broken device! If we wanted it to work, we would have made it that way. We specialize in making DRM-laden devices that work poorly, and you have no right to fix our intentional errors."
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nintenut
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_ 		17. February 2010 @ 21:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So... What would this mean? If their iTunes purchases are linked to their Apple IDs, can they no longer access what they bought? Or are they disallowed from buying more?
If it's the latter, couldn't they just make new ones should the need arise?
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ChiefBrdy
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_ 		19. February 2010 @ 11:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Am I missing something here? All they need to do is change their IP address if needed and/or change ID's. They probably got back on the site before this article was published.
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