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Famed jailbreaker and former Apple intern Comex set to join Google as an intern

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 25th, 2013)

Famed iPhone jailbreaker Comex, whose real name is Nicholas Allegra, tweeted on Tuesday that he will be joining Google as an intern in the coming weeks. Allegra originally made a name for himself when he released a jailbreak tool dubbed JailBreakMe. As the name implies, the tool enabled users to ...

JailbreakMe's Comex goes to work for Apple

by Chris Rawson (Aug 25th, 2011)

Nicholas Allegra, aka Comex, aka the young man behind JailbreakMe.com, has been offered an internship with Apple, according to his recent Twitter update. "It's been really, really fun, but it's also been a while and I've been getting bored. So, the week after next I will be starting an internship ...

Forbes profiles Comex, the hacker behind JailbreakMe

by Steven Sande (Aug 1st, 2011)

The Apple world knows him as Comex, the person who developed JailbreakMe to let iPhone users quickly and easily jailbreak their devices. Now Forbes has outed Comex in a preview of an article that will be published in the magazine later this week. Comex is really Nicholas Allegra, a 19 year old ...