iPhone App Store Hacked: No DRM!
This is interesting, and at the same time scary. According to Engadget, Apple’s Fairplay (TM) DRM has been hacked for the new iPhone 3G App Store, and the applications themselves are appearing on torrent sites:
There’s also a more traditional crack which allows apps to be stripped of DRM and shared without using iTunes, although you’ll have to jailbreak your phone to do it. The first app to be widely pirated is Super Monkey Ball, which isn’t surprising, and it seems like several other apps have followed it out onto various torrent sites. In addition to the relatively simple jailbreak procedure, running cracked apps requires you to open up SSH access and do some mucking around, so unless your time is worth less than $10, it’s probably not worth it.
The latest apps appearing on a torrent search for iPhone include Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, Super Monkey Ball, iBeer, and Enigmo, a total (so far) of $32.96 of potential revenue destroyed by hackers.
The original post at Haklabs, Super Monkey Ball iPhone – Cracked, explains the motivation for the hack:
After the WWDC ‘08 Keynote, everyone wanted this iPhone game, it received almost as much hype as the iPhone itself. Super Monkey Ball from SEGA definitely has some good qualities, however it does have some bad qualities as well. First off, this game costs $9.99 which might be a little steep for some.
1. Make sure you are on firmware 2.0
2. Download the Super Monkey Ball Cracked file and extract the .ipa file from the archive to your desktop.
3. Drag and drop the Monkey Ball.ipa file into the iTunes application folder and wait for it to install.
So because an irate iPhone user believes the Super Monkey Ball game costs too much at $9.99, he creates a hacked version and gives it away for free. I actually paid for Super Monkey Ball, because it’s one of the few applications worth my $9.99, and I advise you to as well. If there’s no financial market for creating great iPhone applications, the entire market will suffer, and we’ll have crappy apps to run on our $400 phones.
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Awesome.
Yeah, wait until the quality of Apps declines because their developers aren’t getting paid. Then see how awesome it is to steal.
Everyone knows that people who download cracked software wouldnt buy it in the first place. App Store devs arent losing significant revenue from this…yet. Bottom line, if the App is high quality, the developer will make money regardless of DRM. Developers that throw together some questionable **** and try and sell it for $0.99 should be the ones crying over this. A year from now it probably wont matter, because there will be 10+ Million iPhone users buying 100+ Million apps from the App Store. The revenue is still going to be there.
I found a comprehensive list of cracked apps. Here is the link with all the downloads:
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/the-ultimate-list-of-cracked-games-for-iphone/
I do not support hacked or cracked apps, but i do not understand why the Developers dont offer free trial versions of their apps. I nearly bought Super Monkey ball, but luckily i tried it with a friends iphone first and i simply do not like the control. Would have been a waste of money for me therefore…
http://rapidshare.com/files/134279023/MobileInstallation
http://rapidshare.com/files/134235670/ALevel.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134235663/ALevel_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134235893/Anatomy.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134235898/AquaForest.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134236006/AquaForest_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134237351/Band.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134237461/Band_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134239397/Bomberman_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134239592/CBNK_3D_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134241348/Chopper_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134241629/Copy_of_HoldEm_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134344861/Cro-Mag_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134245236/de_Blob.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134246807/de_Blob_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134248332/Dizzy_Bee.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134250063/Dizzy_Bee_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134251780/Enigmo_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134252428/FileMagnet_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134252616/iDrink.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134252775/iGotchi_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134253880/Labyrinth_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134254048/mondo.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134255941/Monkey_Ball_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134263984/MotionXPoker_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134268200/MotoRacer_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134268523/Pianist_CRACKED__.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134270137/Pinball_RC_CRACKED__.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134271938/Putt_Putt_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134272494/Scrabble_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134272831/South_Park_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134274134/SpaceRocks.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134274500/SpaceRocks_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134274777/Tetris.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/39995848/Trapcode_all_in_one.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/134275136/Trism.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134276892/Trism_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134276838/Units.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134276898/Units_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/134277129/Vay_CRACKED_.ipa
http://rapidshare.com/files/133971208/46_ipod_iphone_ipa_app_cracked.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/133976833/46_ipod_iphone_ipa_app_cracked.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/133976831/46_ipod_iphone_ipa_app_cracked.part3.rar
FYI, Games for computers have been pirated since the very beginning yet they’re still around and the ones that are great make tons of money.
i m getting error not authorized to this computer, plz help me
Hi Guys,
The total number of hacked application is coming near to 300, you can see the detail here http://www.iphonefootprint.com/2008/08/jailbreak-your-iphone-to-get-free-applications/. Apart from this hacking, there is one more type of hacking done inside the App Store itself by developers: read the detail here http://www.iphonefootprint.com/2008/08/app-store-hacked/
i dont get it… if u download those rapid share cracked iphone games…. how do u put it in the phone…. im new to iphone so i have absolutely no idea what’s what… please explain… thanks ; )
I have a 2.1 firmware..
how i can set up 2.0 firmware?? pealse help.. please
Apple sucks for making people create an iTunes account AND entering a credit card number before they can install any applications. What about people who just want to install a few free apps? WIth all the malware and evil people out there, maybe it is good that Apple wants to verify all software before allowing anything to be installed on an iPhone. However, if someone pays $200 or more for an iPhone, they should be allowed to install any 3rd party apps they choose. In some ways Apple makes people resort to piracy. Boo for Apple.
you dont have to if you browse itunes and select a free app and click download it will then ask you to sign in or create an account click create and then an option to select none in the payment section will be visable which is not visable if you just try to create an account
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This seems like a non-issue to me, hacked apps need a jailbroken iphone in order to run. What percentage of iPhones are jailbroken? I would be surprised if it was more than 1 or 2 percent.
Piracy is endemic with software, it will not ever go away, DRM schemes are hacked constantly, it's an on-going cat and mouse game. In the scheme of things the app store is a resounding success and a fantastic opportunity for developers
[...] of iPhone apps appears to have been going on since at least last July with the pirating of the Super Monkey Ball from [...]
[...] of iPhone apps appears to have been going on since at least last July with the pirating of the Super Monkey Ball from [...]
[...] of iPhone apps appears to have been going on since at least last July with the pirating of the Super Monkey Ball from [...]
[...] of iPhone apps appears to have been going on since at least last July with the pirating of the Super Monkey Ball from [...]
This is stupid. Devs complaining over cracked apps is a waste. If they seriously try hard on making their game, then they will make money.
Everyone remember Trism? That game has been cracked and made the developer $250,000 in just two months.
I don’t do cracked apps, I jailbroke so I could play Doom and Quake 3 arena. Plus I think Apple should let us customize our GUI.
Quit complaining. Cracked apps are nothing.
who’s posting all these links to cracked apps? cut it out you **** wad.
that was really unclear.
Your hourly wage from other work would have to be around $.50 for it to be worth it to jailbreak.
cracked apps does help when you are too young to own a credit card and thus not able to purchase anything.