RIT Condones the Hacking of the iPhone
A 17-year-old hacker — bound for the Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday — has broken the lock that ties Apple’s iPhone to AT&T’s wireless network
This is rather cool, I saw the video (link to engadget story, because youtube is down at the moment) - but I had no idea the kid was going to be a new freshmen at RIT.
On Thursday, he put the unlocked iPhone up for sale on eBay, where the high bid was above $2,000 midday today. The model, with 4 gigabytes of memory, sells for $499 new.
“Some of my friends think I wasted my summer but I think it was worth it,” he told The Record, which reported Hotz’s hack today.
RIT President Bill Destler said, “The talent of our incoming students never ceases to amaze us.”
