<ul><li>Lars Fröder, lead developer of Dopamine jailbreak and TrollStore perma-signing utility, discussed the challenges of jailbreaking iOS 17 & 18 at the Nullcon Goa 2025 security conference.</li><li>Fröder revealed that there is no ETA for jailbreaks on arm64e devices running iOS 17 and 18 due to resource limitations.</li><li>Apple's efforts to prevent jailbreaking include axing the Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) exploit in iOS 17.3 and root helpers like TrollStore's "get root" method in iOS 18.0.</li><li>Public exploits for iOS 17 and 18 are unlikely to be released soon, making older jailbroken devices valuable and cautioning against updating.</li></ul>

Lars Fröder talks at Nullcon Goa 2025 security conference, iOS 17 & 18 jailbreak challenges discussed

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