“I hack because I’m bored,” famed iPhone and PS3 hacker George “Geohot” Hotz told The New Yorker in a huge piece penned by David Kushner. Kushner’s brilliant profile follows Hotz over the course of several years — from his original iPhone “unlock” to a recent gig at Facebook that he quit just eight months after joining. There are even mentions of projects long past, like a laser-guided robot that won Hotz an appearance on The Today Show. In its latter half, the profile also delves into Hotz’s lawsuit with Sony that inspired the PlayStation Network take-down that occurred last year. And if you’re forgotten how the jailbreaking situation looked back when it was conceived in 2007, check out the video of Hotz embedded below:
The New Yorker profiles George Hotz, the original iPhone and PS3 jailbreaker
“I hack because I’m bored,” famed iPhone and PS3 hacker George Hotz told The New Yorker in a huge piece penned by Josh Kushner on the boy genius’ exploits over the last several years.
“I hack because I’m bored,” famed iPhone and PS3 hacker George Hotz told The New Yorker in a huge piece penned by Josh Kushner on the boy genius’ exploits over the last several years.
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