Someone should use this for something good: Jailbreaking Windows 8.
I detest the AppStore-modell and locked down devices and wish for many companies (like the one's Raymond Chen kind of complains about in his blog oldnewthings) to have a little revenge:
Why not have a setup-programm which also jailbreaks the Metro interface in order to e.h. overlay a VideoLan window on top of it or enable access to all kinds of blocked APIs (like real sockets)?
How is it legal for companies like this to sell these exploits? Aren't they only useful for destructive (and likely illegal) purposes? If they were actually about protecting their customers wouldn't they sell mitigation steps and home-grown patches instead of ready-made exploit kits?
I don't understand the exploit market very well, so maybe I'm missing something obvious here?
their customers are western governments. that's why being an arms dealer is legal, too. start selling to the wrong side and you'll quickly find out how subjective the legal system is.
Security researchers do the work and MS wants the information for free. If MS really wants to fix the problem, let them pay. I don't see the problem with this.
[+] [-] unknown|13 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] atesti|13 years ago|reply
I detest the AppStore-modell and locked down devices and wish for many companies (like the one's Raymond Chen kind of complains about in his blog oldnewthings) to have a little revenge:
Why not have a setup-programm which also jailbreaks the Metro interface in order to e.h. overlay a VideoLan window on top of it or enable access to all kinds of blocked APIs (like real sockets)?
[+] [-] kevingadd|13 years ago|reply
I don't understand the exploit market very well, so maybe I'm missing something obvious here?
[+] [-] trotsky|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Antiks72|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] yuhong|13 years ago|reply
http://www.vupen.com/english/services/tpp-index.php