We’re not really sure of the reasoning behind this, but two hackers are claiming that their Apple accounts have been banned recently. This seems to be relatively contained in the sense that only two people are reporting these issues. iH8sn0w and sherif_hashim have seen the image to the right after releasing hack information for Apple’s iPhone software.

Both of these hackers used their call signs in their Apple IDs, making it incredibly easy for Apple to ban their accounts. We definitely wouldn’t say that this will become a widespread issue, but it’s worth noting nonetheless. Average Jailbreak users need not worry about banned accounts because you’re probably not releasing code exploits. For the most part, you’re probably not stealing applications like some of the jerks out there. So don’t freak out.

If you’re stealing applications, then you deserve to have your accounts banned… but Jailbreaking a device definitely does not warrant such a response. There’s no way for Apple to realistically differentiate between pirates, hackers and users, so we’re placing our money on the stupidity of the Apple IDs here. If Apple started banning random Jailbroken devices then there would surely be hell to pay.

Food for thought: If you’re hacking Apple’s code to pieces, don’t announce it to the world with the same moniker as your Apple account.

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