iOS Hacker Unlocks Free In-App Purchases On Most Applications On iPad And iPhone

The Mighty Eagle is free! Fly away, little bird!

A Russian hacker who goes by ZonD80 has discovered a simple method that makes in-app purchases on the iPhone and iPad free, a potentially huge financial blow to the iOS developers who rely on the paid upgrades as a primary source of income.

The hack is especially worrisome because the process is easy enough to implement that novices could take advantage of it and enable it on their own phones. Your iDevice doesn't even need to be jailbroken in order to use the hack: You just need to download a couple of security certificates from ZonD80's website, change a single setting on your phone or tablet's Wi-Fi connection, and then you're done.