Randomness | Posted by Julie Z on 07/9/2009

How a Teenager Outsmarted Multi-Billion Dollar Company

Ari "baller" Weinstein

Ari Weinstein is 15. As a preschooler, he changed his family’s computer settings. At 7 he created a website and hacked AOL’s parental controls. In sixth grade, he jailbreaked his iPod mini to get free games. Two years ago he jailbreaked his iPod touch in an evening and simplified it into iJailbreak software, which was downloaded a million times. 

He most recently jailbreaked the iPhone and iPod touch with some friends. For funsies. And Apple hasn’t even stopped them because, here’s the kicker: it’s legal. This, my friends, is why our generation is going to completely take over the world.

“Apple doesn’t have the right to tell me what I can put on my phone. I only do hacking that…

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