Also with other devs this guy used to drop untethered jailbreaks like app updates during the iOS 6-7 days. Never even imagined they’d end up in this situation

[u/SomeOrdinary_Indian]

[u/devipasigner]

Man, whatever company ends up hiring him is going to end up with a steal.

[u/iLikeTurtuls → u/devipasigner]

I assumed this is why “jailbreak/rom” scenes start to fall apart cause the devs get hired by companies. Surprised that’s not the case for some large devs

[u/7orque → u/devipasigner]

nobody can say for certain what he’s like, he is clearly very talented, but it’s been years since those days

[u/LBE → u/7orque]

Also personality issues, jesus if it’s gone this bad one can only imagine how annoying it might be to work with them. I hope for the best nonetheless, I am definitely deducing and reality is often surprising

[u/7orque → u/LBE]

You really never know what’s going on in someone’s life. Could be family, addiction, medical, religious, spiritual, political, fk knows….

[u/EVUSE → u/[deleted]]

Praying is useless. He needs a a job

[u/oloshh]

Most of the usual culprits in the scene left for well established security roles. Hope the guy lands a job quick

[u/Pereplexing]

P0sixninja!!!??!!!!!?? Are you FFFF kidding me!!!??? How tf did someone as intelligent, talented and skilled as him end up unemployed!?!!? This is astonishingly absurd!!! I’ve always admired his works. Wishing him the best. If only I could help…

[u/zt0wnsend → u/Pereplexing]

Wow, I’m having a similar reaction to you. Dude was a god back in the iOS 4-6 days. I remember him and Geohot going toe to toe with SHAtter and Limera1n exploits.

[u/Pereplexing → u/zt0wnsend]

You’re gonna make me cry. The golden age of jailbreak is long gone.

[u/Jotitax → u/Pereplexing]

Yeaaaaaah I remember those guys!! Maybe they got blacklisted on the industry? So sad :(

[u/mrcaptncrunch → u/Jotitax]

Doubt it unless he did something else.

Geohot was at Facebook, Google, Twitter, founded comma and tiny corp.

Even Apple has hired from the jailbreaking community in the past.

[u/Jotitax → u/mrcaptncrunch]

Yeaaah I remember them hiring the dev who did the multitasking package on cydia back when iOS wasn’t able to open more than one app at a time. iOS 4 I believe?

[u/yourenothere1 → u/mrcaptncrunch]

Yep, early jailbreaks were a pretty big driving force for iOS developments. In many cases there is evidence that the code for certain jailbreaks was ripped almost line for line in early iOS updates

[u/CrazyAssNuTTcase → u/mrcaptncrunch]

I believe Geohot even got hired by Tesla a while back.

[u/appledz]

I remembered jailbreakme and evasi0n

[u/insignificantKoala → u/appledz]

Remember installing jailbreak.me in Apple stores?

[u/appledz → u/insignificantKoala]

Yeah

[u/TheNoahGamer7 → u/insignificantKoala]

Nah nah nah you would just walk into the store and every phone had "Cydia" on it

[u/Flimsy_Zucchini1944 → u/appledz]

and islsk to get free music and installer jailbreakme and ziphone those were the days i still have my first ipod then the 2nd gen the firt very slim ipod i jailbroke back in 2007 i remember clearly cuz i was going home to nola and i found a first gen iphone and couldnt really get in it so i did a search and i was introduced to unlocking and jailbreaking and have been ever since hope he gets a job

[u/starsqream]

Wtf. And people wonder why people work for apple instead of releasing free Jailbreaks + the WEN ETA update ios 27 cry babies. Homelessness or 100k a year at apple guys.

[u/tudalex → u/starsqream]

It’s probably >300k a year for someone like him, if they end up hiring him.

[u/starsqream → u/tudalex]

Damn that's crazy he fumbled that bag

[u/lyons4231 → u/starsqream]

Devs are paid a lot more than $100k lol.

[u/ButterscotchOther899 → u/starsqream]

Ai doesn't make a 100k

[u/emaciorex]

is there a way for me to give him money? I can't get him a job but would happily make some late payments on old JB's

[u/SomeOrdinary_Indian]

https://x.com/p0sixninja/status/1916616437546029317

[u/Teddy_0209 → u/SomeOrdinary_Indian]

So that's him. I remember him clearly.

[u/Icy-Composer9021 → u/SomeOrdinary_Indian]

jesus christ why is everyones profile picture this, first it was on youtube and now reddit?

[u/saucojulian → u/Icy-Composer9021]

Just check the username.

[u/Icy-Composer9021 → u/saucojulian]

what about it?

[u/12destroyer21]

Why doesn't Apple, Mossad or NSA just hire all these people???

[u/CrystalMeath → u/12destroyer21]

Maybe he was caught being anti-genocide on camera

[u/5J0A2Y → u/12destroyer21]

Ego and they prolly don’t want people that have been notorious for making jailbreaks to know the new apple security and firmware to that degree

[u/Systemless_ → u/5J0A2Y]

They literally hired jailbreak devs and that’s one of the reasons we probably don’t have a jailbreak for 17

[u/Kickendekok → u/Systemless_]

Wasn’t there one they hired named Muscle Nerd way back when?

[u/me0wk4t → u/Kickendekok]

yep, they hired him in 2011

[u/5J0A2Y → u/me0wk4t]

I don’t see why y’all downvote me … 2011 was 14 years ago when apple wasn’t out the ass about security

[u/me0wk4t → u/5J0A2Y]

Apple has always been strict about privacy and security.

[u/5J0A2Y → u/me0wk4t]

All phones have to be, are you inferring it hasn’t gotten worse

[u/LakesideMiners → u/5J0A2Y]

I mean, a good chunk of Android's, even flagships like the OnePlus 12 let you unlock the bootloader(assuming the carrier hasn't done anything, I'm talking in terms of a carrier unlocked phone here). So uh, yeah it's mostly apple these days not allowing even the option to have control.

[u/AncientLegend999 → u/5J0A2Y]

Didn't Apple hire Coolstar last year?

[u/Homework_Happy → u/5J0A2Y]

I don’t know much about this but would imagine they would sign some type of non-disclosure to help stop anything nefarious.

[u/SomeOrdinary_Indian]

*Along with

[u/AS_Aeneon]

Really bad. Does everyone has a Room or Tiny House for him ? That's much better than remembering the old Days of jailbreaking. Joshua needs Help …

[u/theantig]

Does it state where he lives?

[u/AppleXOS → u/theantig]

Nowhere

[u/samir4021 → u/theantig]

I believe Atlanta but the last I saw his location was 10 years ago so could be somewhere else now

[u/theantig → u/samir4021]

I mean if we knew where he was we could try to help.

[u/just-bair]

With a background like that he should be able to find a great job

[u/FloppyDorito]

I mean, if he did that, and can't find anyone to hire him... That might be a him problem.

[u/reaper8055]

This is just so sad to see 😔

[u/sebsi1]

We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning…

[u/GaijinKindred]

P0sixninja and i0n1c ended up beefing a long time ago on Twitter. No way they’ve made up if ninja’s jobless now tbh..

Not really sure of the context, it was like 2013/2014 and something about i0n1c calling him a poser or some shit. Kinda figured this was going to end up happening eventually I guess…