Comex Announces He Is No Longer Associated With Apple

Comex, the hacker behind Spirit and JailbreakMe, has announced that he is no longer associated with Apple.

The announcement comes via Twitter:

So… no point in delaying. As of last week, after about a year, I’m no longer associated with Apple.


(As for why? Because I forgot to reply to an email.)

Also, to clear the record a bit: anyone who thinks I “sold out” for money doesn’t know what he’s talking about.


Nicholas Allegra a.k.a. Comex first appeared on the iPhone jailbreak scene in March of 2010 when he demonstrated an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS called Spirit. Then in August of 2010 Comex released another untethered jailbreak of iOS 4.0 for all devices including the iPhone 4. This jailbreak was entitled JailbreakMe 2.0 and could easily be performed using just MobileSafari. After Apple closed the PDF exploit, Comex was again able to update JailbreakMe to perform an untethered jailbreak of iOS 4.3.3 and the iPad 2 in July 2011.

He announced he was going to work for Apple in August 2011.


Update:
Forbes called Comex to find out more:

When I followed up with Allegra in a phone call, he explained that the email he forgot to answer was an offer to continue his employment at Apple as a remote intern. At Apple, apparently, offer letters are taken rather seriously, and Allegra soon learned that his had been rescinded. “I wasn’t too happy about it, but it didn’t seem like I was able to fix it,” he says. “So that’s what it is.”

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