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Sites offer ‘cracked’ iPhone apps
By Charles Starrett
Contributing Editor
Published: Monday, January 12, 2009
News Categories: Apps + Games
iPhone and iPod touch game piracy has started to rear its ugly head, as an increasing number of videos on YouTube now offer “cracked” iPhone and iPod touch applications—paid software that has been modified for free, generally illegal distribution—promoting sites that allow users to download and install thousands of hacked apps for free. The applications can be used on devices running software version 2.0, 2.1, or 2.2 and do not require users to jailbreak their devices; iTunes 7.7.0 is required to actually synchronize the cracked apps.
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IPHONES DO HAVE TO BE JAILBROKEN TO DO THIS!!!
Posted by squall on January 26, 2009 at 2:15 PM (PST)