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  • verb Present participle of jailbreak.

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Examples

  • The next big thing in jailbreaking may just be Android access.

    Android Running On iPhone Promises Great Things To Come | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • The move comes on the heels of jailbreakme. com becoming available again, following the Electronic Frontier Foundations 'to label jailbreaking iPhones legal.

    Softpedia News - Global 2010

  • Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Some users break into iPhone -- a concept known as 'jailbreaking' -- to run applications and software programs that is not approved by Apple.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.

    Technology Technology 2010

  • Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.

    IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010

  • Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • We've gotten a lot of inquiries about two cell-phone related exemptions that EFF championed: one to clarify the legality of cell phone "jailbreaking" - software modifications that liberate iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker - and another to renew a 2006 rule exempting cell phone unlocking so handsets can be used with other telecommunications carriers.

    EFF.org Updates 2010

  • The Library of Congress 'Copyright Office ruled that "jailbreaking" -- the act of breaking through copyright controls on phones to use your own apps -- is legal.

    Marketplace 2010

  • A DMCA exemption for cell phone "jailbreaking" -- liberating iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker.

    HotHardware.com News Rss Feed 2009

  • Just like with any other chatbot launched in the last few months, users have been trying to trick Clyde into saying things it’s not supposed to say, a process colloquially known as a “jailbreaking.”

    Jailbreak tricks Discord's new chatbot into sharing napalm and meth instructions Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2023

  • Jailbreaking is the class of attacks that attempt to subvert safety filters built into the LLMs themselves.

    Suicide Bot: New AI Attack Causes LLM to Provide Potential “Self-Harm” Instructions Gadi Evron 2024

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