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In reference to @sekker's thread,
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-2489454
just wondering who in the forum still jailbreaks?
After watching a video on how easy this particular jb is and some links on all the top cool things you can do/install with this jb, I thought maybe I'd give it a shot this weekend, just for fun
Some of the links I'm talking about include:
How to jailbreak iOS 13.5
The best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 13
10 reasons to jailbreak in 2020
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I used to love jailbreaking, especially for the Wi-Fi-to-Bluetooth hotspot capability, but stopped doing it when Apple incorporated most of the best ideas into the OS (though not that one).
Plus, my company put its proprietary email app onto iOS, and out of security concerns it requires a non-jailbroken system to run.
There are a lot of innovative ideas in those jailbreaks you linked to, but none that would provide a return on the investment of time and hassle involved in jailbreaking.
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Thanks for the response though, according to the linked video, there is minimal time and apparently no hassle for the current jailbreak for iOS 13.5
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The one thing that I miss from when I had a jailbroken phone: I had a LittleSnitch type of firewall that kept all the trackers from stealing my info.
Pisses me off that for all of Apple's vaunted care about privacy they still won't let me prevent apps from using my data connection when they don't need to do so. (Apple only lets you turn off cellular data for an app, not WiFi.)
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Hey Sarcany!
What’s your opinion on iOS’ privacy features, where permissions for each app are set?
What I do with nosy apps is to offload them until needed. Uber, for example.
Being picky about the apps I keep helps too.
About the OP, the security features on iOS are one of the main features that keeps me hooked on Apple.
So no jailbreak for me.
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I've been trying to think of a reason to, and coming up empty. Tethering was the reason way back when, but that's part of the OS now.
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Jailbreaking is still tenuous, even though RIGHT NOW it's gotten easier.
There are many items in those articles I would love to use, but getting used to not having them if I have to lose the jailbreak, for whatever reason, is too much of a pain.
When I updated to iPhone 8, I had to drop the jailbreak at the time. It was not easy for a while to give myself over to the set way of using the phone. Really missed my FaceBook hacks.
About the only hack I would LOVE to get is getting rid of system badges that can't be hidden. Even that took a bit of training to "accept" visually.
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I would actually consider switching to an iPhone if I knew that I could keep it properly secure in a jailbroken state outside of the iTunes electrified barbwire walled garden. That is the first half.
The other half of the equation is Right To Repair. Apple keeps limiting access to parts, and pulling rotten feces like requiring DRM on batteries so that third parties can't repair them.
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