RIM has announced that the exploit only affects the PlayBook and their smartphones are unaffected. How many of you are keen on rooting your PlayBook?
RIM investigates BlackBerry PlayBook rooting, By Ubergizmo. RIM is plus aware of the developer’s plans to release tools that will let anybody root their PlayBook, and has mentioned that whether that happens, an study will take place.
For those of you who are worried that the securities of your BlackBerry phones will be compromised, fear not.
Yesterday we reported that the BlackBerry PlayBook was successfully rooted by a developer via the “dingleberry” method. The company released a statement saying that it is now in contact with the “protection researchers” behind the exploit. that is certainly interesting as RIM’s next operating system, BBX, will be a combination of QNX and BlackBerry OS, so I guess they want to be completely certain that such exploits won’t be possible in the future.
In the meantime, the dingleberry website has been set up, though no tools for rooting the PlayBook have been put up yet. Top Stories : iPhone 4S Review,
Well, it looks like RIM is now aware of the situation and is looking into it.
