Question:

What food do you like?

Answer:

italian cuisine

Question:

Do you like python?

Answer:

not a fan. though it has its uses, no doubt about that

Question:

hey how's your day been xerub? I lost the last autograph you gave me, can I get a new one?

Answer:

day is okay-ish. about the autograph, "The Animal" ate it, iirc

Question:

working on anything for 10.3+?

Answer:

not right now. i'm stumped by the maze that iOS userland is :\

Question:

who are u

Answer:

twitter bio says it all

Question:

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much did u enjoy the work with Luca?

Answer:

I didn't work with him on this. I just took his code, merged into Ian Beer's exploit, added a few tricks of my own and that was it

Question:

Who is the best admin in here?

Answer:

I dunno. Phil Schiller? (can't spot Jony Ive, though)

Question:

what things do you have in the works

Answer:

some things mainly intended for research. that is to say, no 10.3 JB etc. I believe there are much better/more talented jailbreak authors out there, I would just be losing my time

Question:

How tall are you?

Answer:

I'm the average guy, somewhere between 5.5 and 6 :smiley:

Question:

thoughts on applebetas

Answer:

No idea.

Question:

What was your first i device?

Answer:

the first iphone

Question:

Will you ever approve my PR? :blobpray:

Answer:

it looks cool. however, I was trying to iron other things out before introducing more non-JB-related stuff in there. so yeah, perhaps

Question:

favorite food?

Answer:

pizza, lol

Question:

What programming languages do you know?

Answer:

There is only one! C, of course. Joking aside, I know/used to program in many languages: C/C++, assembler, python, java, perl, javascript, etc.

Question:

What do you think about pirating?

Answer:

pirating ships? that used to be cool, albeit dangerous. pirating software? I dunno, I'm inclined against it, Im not doing it. But I wouldn't chop someone's head off for doing it.

Question:

What programming language do you like the most?

Answer:

C, keeps me close to the machine

Question:

What is your favorite tweak?

Answer:

I don't Cydia. Used to write my own (mainly Control Center) tweaks

Question:

Do you think an iBoot or BootROM exploit will ever be released for newer devices?

Answer:

Highly unlikely. They're too precious on any market. Even Apple pays a lot for one (and probably) forbid speaking of it

Question:

Pancakes or waffles?

Answer:

Pancakes

Question:

What are the technical pro's of using extra_recipe?

Answer:

The kernel exploit is extremely clean (the downside being that it's hard to get right). Pretty much the after-exploitation cleanup phase consists on one single kernel write. However, potential instability may be introduced in the next phase: KPP/AMCC etc.

Question:

Does extra_recipe have better stability than Yalu102 on non-iPhone 7 devices?

Answer:

I don't know. TBH, I didn't look very close at yalu102 and see how clean the exploit is -- though the vuln is the same. However, there is common code in ER and MP/yalu: the KPP/AMCC bypass. If the non-iPhone7 panics are caused by KPP, then they will appear in ER, too. I know how KPP/AMCC bypass work, however, I don't feel like rewriting them (and maybe even then, there may be an inherent panic risk due to the way they work).

Question:

What is your favorite game?

Answer:

Heroes3

Question:

Where did you get your name fron?

Answer:

My parents? lol

Question:

Favorite MCU movie?

Answer:

deadpool, it's just so funny

Question:

Do you like pineapples on your pizza?

Answer:

I don't like anything sweet in my food

Question:

Do you like turtles?

Answer:

not really

Question:

Qwerty or Ian

Answer:

both! they work so differently, there is much to be learned from both. though, Ian's code is much cleaner, heh. in qwerty's defense, he is very creative

(to a previous q: let's go with Thor, I wish there was a Loki movie, though)

Question:

What is something you wish all jailbreakers knew?

Answer:

jailbreakers as in users? I wish they knew the security implications of a JB, and be more conscious about what do they install on their phones.

Question:

PC specs

Answer:

MBP 13" 2013

Question:

Why did you make extra_recipe?

Answer:

The ER exploit is brilliant. It reminded me of the simplicity of comex' exploits of the days of yore. Unfortunately, times have changed and ER cannot compete in reliability with comex' ones. So yeah, for me it's a playground. Oh, and yeah, the code is pretty clean :wink:

Question:

Favorite iOS version and favorite device

Answer:

iOS version, I dunno... used to miss the 6. Then, by 8 I got accustomed with the new look. 8 was pretty stable, iirc. Device? I used to love a 5 for its blackishness. I love my 7 now for the same reason. Also, I wish there was a 4.3-something device.

Question:

Do you use a theme? If so, which?

Answer:

No, I don't use any theme.

Question:

SASS, LESS or just plain CSS?

Answer:

plain CSS

Question:

Favorite TV show?

Answer:

I don't watch TV on a regular basis, so I don't have one

Question:

Whats the difference between yalu102, and extra_recipe for iPhone 6

Answer:

The initial kernel exploit.

Question:

Why is "extra_recipe" called what it is? What does "extra recipe" mean?

Answer:

it's ian beer's name for it. it probably comes from mach_voucher_extract_attr_recipe_trap in which the vulnerability existed

Question:

any thoughts on hackintoshes?

Answer:

I used to run one. nowadays it seems they're much more stable than several years ago. I liked to run my hackintosh very close to vanilla

Question:

How old are you, and for how long have you been coding?

Answer:

not young, not old. and I've been coding for more than 15 years

Question:

any thoughts on Windows 10 for Snapdragon/ARM?

Answer:

I don't like windows. haven't used that in ages, so I can't comment whether it's bad or good

Question:

Do you think you'd ever release on a jailbreak with just your 0 days?

Answer:

probably not. JBs are so ephemeral. And it gets annoying: people would jump to the next iOS version bc new emoticons were added (or something) and then ask for a new jb

Question:

Are you thinking of adding support to higher firmwares than 10.2 to extra_recipe?

Answer:

The bug was patched, iirc. So "adding support" means really using a new exploit. Which -- if ever -- won't be called extra_recipe :wink:

Question:

Any idea why decrypted bins crash on i7/+ ? But with ldid/ Ldone they work fine. Kpp bug? The signing process damages the bin because the checksum is changed ://

Answer:

All bins should be signed (or self-signed with ldid). Supporting non-signed bins n the kernel is just adding more complexity to the JB with little or no benefit

Question:

Where did you get your username from? (That is what i had meant)

Answer:

ah, it's just something random enough to be available on most social platforms. used to be, though, someone snatched that on reddit, lol

Question:

What was the inspiration for what you do?

Answer:

innate curiosity. how that does work? how can I break it? and the dopamine you get after breaking it :wink:

Question:

Do you watch Corn?

Answer:

No

Question:

Do you like my nickname?

Answer:

yes, it's absolutely awesome

Question:

While programming, which do you prioitize: code effeciency or feature set?

Answer:

I try to balance. Probably code efficiency; and readability. I'd like to know -- and maybe reuse -- what the heck I just wrote a couple of months from now.

Question:

What got you interested in hacking/security?

Answer:

innate curiosity. a bit fo mischief. and the dopamine in suceeding in breaking a lock

Question:

Where would you recommend people interested in iOS security start learning?

Answer:

there are a few books, though I didn't read any of them (probably levin, esser). some of the presentations/slides are very useful: esser and others. also, some github repos -- depending on how far back you want to go. comex' code was good. qwerty's code is hard to read but efficient nevertheless. also, theiphonewiki. and much, much work: experimenting yourself is the best way to learn

Question:

Any ideas on why ER is so inconsistent on running properly

Answer: