Though Google Glass runs Android , it ’s not on the nose as widely assailable as your typical Android phone . And given its spot as the most futurist tech useable decent now , you screw hackers want to tinker with Google ’s spectacles . fabled hacker Jay Freeman , excellently known as Saurik who created the Cydia app storage for iOS jailbreak phones , did just that . He ’s already gain root access to Google Glass .
How did he do it ? Freeman discovered that Glass ran Android 4.0.4 so he modified an exploit from another hacker named B1nary that tolerate for etymon access on Android 4.0.4 phones . He distinguish Forbes :
“ It took me two time of day while I was get dinner party with friends at the time . The execution from B1nary is for normal Android tablets and phone , I learned how it act upon and then did the same matter on Glass … which was quite simple . ”
It ’s unclear what Freeman will be able to do now that he ’s got origin admittance to Google Glass but we ’re sure he ’s going to research every corner to make something awesome . Plus , hacking Google Glass today might be like jailbreaking iPhones in years past where Google ( and Apple before it ) learns from the creativity of the hackers to make Glass better . Genius hackers are amazing . [ Forbes ]
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