In a quite candid Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Evad3rs’ Planetbeing talked about everything from his start with jailbreaking to the future of the practice and what it takes to become a jailbreak developer. Given the huge interest on Reddit and the overall appeal for the iOS 6 jailbreak not only in dedicated communities but all over the internet, Planetbeing aka David Wang just became one of the most popular names in the hacking world.
Many of the questions asked during the AMA session where linked to the beginning of Planetbeing’s career as an iOS jailbreaker. Users asked about background, motivation, training, job opportunities and plans for the future, sign that the whole iOS 6 jailbreak is now having people considering a new career.
“When I started, I had a lot of programming background and a passion for building my own programming projects in my spare time” David Wang said. “The exploitation stuff Apple really trained me in doing since they made each stage progressively harder” he added in response to an user’s questions about his experience with jailbreak development.
“I started on iOS when I bought an iOS device and it has remained fun throughout the years. I hacked on iOS because I owned one and I owned one because it was by far the best mobile platform in 2007” David Wang answered a Reddit user asking why he choose iOS over Android.
The developer explained Android does seem to have more vulnerabilities than iOS, but when it comes to safety issues between jailbreaking and rooting, the first is always certain. If Apple’s bootrom is insanely tight, when it comes to Android, “they don’t enforce any code signing [so] there’s less security to get around”.
