Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), launched the technology lightning almost three years ago, offering iDevice owners a new way to connect accessories and charge their own terminals. Although it took a long time to exploit the Lightning standard, hackers managed to break it, and in the video clip above you have demonstrated everything. All the details related to the exploitation of the Lightning standard are available public for all those interested in exploiting the technology, so Apple has serious changes to make to keep it secure.
Now if you are wondering what effect this has for all those who do jailbreak, well hackers will be able to analyze in detail the kernel used by the Lightning chips and the way iDevices communicate with it. The main achievement thanks to this hack lies in the fact that now hackers will be able to discover potential vulnerabilities of the bootroms of iDevices much more easily, offering the possibility of making a permanent jailbreak, even tethered. Hackers now have the opportunity to analyze in detail possible bugs in the kernel and more easily discover any other possible vulnerabilities of the operating system, all making it easier to develop jailbreak solutions.
If the current jailbreak solutions are based only on software bugs, the discovery of a bootrom exploit will allow us to jailbreak at any time for the terminals that contain the vulnerability, no matter what iOS they have. Separately, accessory manufacturers will be able to develop new products that communicate much better with iOS and offer better functionality, all thanks to this hack. Of course, between now and until we have new jailbreak solutions, or possible bootrom exploits, a good period of time will pass, but there is a basis for simpler exploitation of iDevices in the future.
