Since yesterday there is general hysteria regarding the possibility of decode terminals iPhone on any network in this world. It seems that somewhere, someone has gained access to Apple's database that has all the decoded terminals listed. It is not known for what reasons access to this database was obtained only now, considering that people have been sitting with their terminals blocked for months, but someone has it and is doing decoding. The problem is that it is not known how legal these decodings are considering that they are done without the consent of Apple or the operators. It is rumored that Apple could recode the terminals and that soon the decoding "gate" could be closed.
However, how does the process of decoding an iPhone work? Practically, when you do a restore, your computer queries this database by sending the IMEI of your terminal to it. If the database shows it as decoded, then iTunes enters an NCK key and decodes the terminal. This process takes place at every restore, so an NCK key is always sent to your terminal. MuscleNerd said that theoretically a program could be made that would save this (unique) NCK key for your terminal and in case Apple decides to recode the terminals you could still do permanent decoding with this NCK key.
Why would Apple want to recode the terminals? Apple would most certainly not want this, but the telephone operators would, and under their pressure, Apple could delete from the database all recently made entries that are not found in the decoding documents of the telephone operators. Of course, such a measure is hard to imagine and the chances of it being implemented are very small, but think about this aspect as well.
On Twitter, the Dev Team has already been accused of being behind these decodings, of having decrypted the NCK key for decoding iPhone terminals and now selling it to those who want to decode it. Now I am not in a position to comment on those statements, but they are probably false.
Let's raise the issue of the guarantee for decoding. What happens if you decode an iPhone now and in a week/month Apple decides to recode it for illegal decoding? Practically nothing happens, you stay with the iPod in your hand and you will not see the money back unless you judge yourself with the person who did the permanent decoding.
I don't want to convince you not to do permanent decoding for your terminals. Prices they are quite big and some of you probably think twice before paying $2 for something like this, but I recommend you to be cautious. Take into account the fact that Apple could be forced to recode the terminals considering the extent of this wave of decoding. Never has a decoding solution of this kind been so publicized and there will probably be repercussions for some precisely because of the excessive mediatization.
