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When will they learn?  Even after years of cat-and-mouse games between Apple and hackers to control what software can run on Apple hardware platforms, Apple still thinks “security by obscurity” can provide them with ultimate control.  Or thought so, until the recent iOS 4.1 jailbreak.  It appears that this hack goes right to the lowest level of firmware to finally leave the system open in a way that it can’t be closed again.  At least not without a significant hardware revision.  Apple, of course, is not alone… similar hacks affected devices from Sony, Motorola, Nintendo, Nokia and numerous others.