iBD专访太极XN：我对未来越狱相当有信心

Thefirsttimewe heard about TaiG was a year ago, when the evad3rs released the evasi0n7 jailbreak, bundling the Chinese installer to their jailbreak utility for users in China. Long story short, TaiG wasn’t what the evad3rs thought it was. A backlash followed, which led to evad3rs unbundling TaiG from their tool. But it was too late. TaiG then stuck in our heads.

我们第一次听说太极是在一年前，当时evad3rs团队发布evasi0n7越狱工具，并联合太极团队发布了针对中国用户的太极越狱工具。长话短说，太极团队并非evad3rs所想的那样，他们认为太极团队的工具有违evad3rs的本意。在重压之下，evad3rs结束了和太极的合作。我们对太极的印象也停留在这里。

Fast-forwardtoNovember2014 and the unexpected release of the TaiG jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1. It came out of nowhere and surprised everybody, and despite the sour taste TaiG had left in the community a year before, we were all quick to forget all about it. For most people, having a jailbreak for the latest software version was all that mattered.

快进到14年11月，太极团队意外地发布了iOS8.1.1的越狱工具。事情来得太突然，所有人都很惊讶，虽然人们还在对一年前的太极颇有微词，但是我们很快就忘记了这件事情。对于绝大多数人来说，能不能越狱最新的操作系统才是最重要的。

IftheTaiGjailbreak was one of the most popular of the year, the company behind it still remains quite a mystery, at least here in the US. Who is the team behind the TaiG jailbreak? Maybe more importantly, what is TaiG, the company, and what does it do? What are its goals?

如果说太极越狱工具是今年最流行的越狱工具之一，那么其背后的公司则显得更加神秘，至少对于美国人来说很神秘。太极越狱背后的团队是谁？或者更重要的是，太极越狱背后的公司是哪一家，它是干什么的？开发越狱工具的目的是什么？

Wereachedoutto the TaiG jailbreak team, comprised of a single member, and tried to ask those questions. As you can see below, the answers are short. Besides a few replies to important questions, we do get a few interesting answers about the future of the TaiG jailbreak.

我们有机会接触太极越狱这个单人团队，向他咨询这些更加深入的问题，XN对我们的提问回答很短。除了对一些重要问题的回答之外，我们还是得到了有关太极越狱未来的一些有趣答案。

Notethatsomeanswers were very slightly edited to correct gross grammatical errors in order to provide a better reading experience. Sentences were not rephrased in any way though.

下面的部分答案因为XN英语不太好，为了更好地阅读，所以我们进行了轻微的编辑。内容没有改述。

Whoistheperson answering these questions? Can you please tell us what your role is and your involvement with TaiG?

问：谁在回答这些问题？能告诉我你的角色和与太极的关系吗？

IamXNand TaiG was developed by me.

答：我是XN，太极越狱是我开发的。

Wheredidthename TaiG originate from and how is it pronounced?

问：太极的名字从何人来，如何发音？

TaiGoriginatesfromancient Chinese philosophy and is pronounced“Taiji”in Chinese.

答：太极一词源于古老的中国哲学，中文发音“Taiji”。

Itismyunderstanding that TaiG is very popular in China, but here in the US, it’s a little unclear what TaiG is or does. Can you please explain?

问：我认为中国人都知道太极，但是在美国，究竟有多少人知道太极是就不清楚了。你能解释一下吗？

Twittercouldtellyou there are more and more people in the US who know about TaiG. After the TaiG Jailbreak release, hackers have noticed and discussed about it, and then we were quite pleased to receive your interview invitation.

答：去Twitter上搜索你就可以知道有越来越多的美国人知道太极。在太极越狱发布之后，有很多黑客注意到太极越狱，也开始讨论它，所以我们才乐意接受你们的访问邀请。

WhenIfirstsaid that TaiG wasn’t popular here in the US, I meant TaiG the company, not TaiG the jailbreak, which is obviously extremely popular right now. This being said, who is the company behind the TaiG jailbreak and what does it do?

问：我第一次说的太极在美国不流行，意思是太极这家公司，不是太极越狱的工具，太极越狱工具很明显已经很火了。我想问的是，太极越狱背后的公司是哪一家？它是干什么的？

TaiGJailbreakisa simple Jailbreak Team, and has cooperation relationship with only one company now.

答：太极越狱就是一个简单的越狱团队，现在只与一家公司有合作关系。

Itisourunderstanding that TaiG facilitates piracy. How do you feel about that?

问：在我们的理解来看，太极可能在帮助用户使用盗版软件。你对此有何感想？

ThepurposeofJailbreak is to get more freedom for users.

答：越狱的目的是给用户更多自由。

Doyouthinkthat Chinese hackers have gotten a bad reputation when compared to American hackers?

问：你觉得中国黑客和美国黑客相比，是不是名声更差一些？

Noideawherethis comes from. As a Chinese, no such feeling.

答：不知道为什么这么说，作为中国人，我没有这种感觉。

Whatcanyoudo to reassure jailbreakers that your tools are safe?

问：你是如何确保越狱用户可以安全使用你的工具的？

Ihavenoreason to develop unsafe tools, people would find out. And we want to build a reputable brand so we would not ruin it.

答：我没有理由去开发一个不安全的工具，（如果是不安全的）人们肯定会发现。我们想打造一个优秀的品牌，所以绝不能毁了它。

Haveweseena paradigm shift in jailbreaking? Do you think that jailbreaking will be under Chinese leadership going forward?

问：越狱发生思维模式的转移了吗？你认为在中国人的带领下，越狱会更快吗？

Ididusesome special thoughts to complete TaiG but it should not be“Paradigm Shift”! It is quite possible since I am one of them!

答：在完成太极越狱的时候，我确实运用了一些特殊的想法，但不应该算是“思维模式的转移”！另外，因为我是中国黑客之一，所以我认为越狱速度会加快。

WhatisTaiG’sgoal?

问：太极的目的是什么？

Togiveusersmore freedom to use iOS for sure.

答：给用户更多使用iOS系统的自由。

Whatarethefinancial benefits of the jailbreak for you? How much money do you make from TaiG, and is that your primary motivation?

问：越狱对你来说有什么经济利益？制作太极越狱赚了多少钱，这是驱动你开发的首要目的吗？

Nofinancialrepercussionsfor me. I would not take it as a motivation.

答：我没有获得经济利益。也没有把钱看作是开发动力。

Youmentionedhavingplans to work on a Mac OS X version of your jailbreak tool. Have you started working on it? Do you have an estimate as to when it could be released?

问：你提到曾有计划开发MacOSX版本的越狱工具。是否已经开始相关工作？是否能估计一下发布日期？

Wehavestartedalready but we’re short of people, so no accurate release time yet.

答：我们已经开始了，但是人手不够，具体发布日期未知。

ApplerecentlyreleasediOS 8.2 beta 3. Are you confident your tool will be able to jailbreak this software?

问：苹果发布了iOS8.2beta3系统，你有信心让太极越狱来完成这个版本的越狱吗？

Yes.Absolutely!

答：是的，绝对没问题！

Doyoufeelconfident about the future of jailbreaking? Do you have exploits you haven’t used yet that could be used for a future software version?

问：你对未来的越狱是否充满信心？你手上是否还有没用过的漏洞可以用在以后的越狱中？

Quiteconfident!

答：相当自信。

Doyouhavea relationship with Pangu Team? Have you been in contact and plan on working together at some point?

问：你跟盘古越狱团队有关系吗？你是否和他们进行过联系、计划过未来的合作？

BeforetheJailbreakfor iOS 8.1.1 was released, we had no contact with Pangu, but we are looking forward to the cooperation opportunity in the future.

答：在iOS8.1.1越狱工具发布之前，我们没有联系过盘古，但是我们期待未来有机会合作。

Whoistheperson responsible for the TaiG jailbreak? Can you tell us his name and some information about him?

问：谁对太极越狱工具负责？能告诉我们他的名字和信息吗？

Iamtheperson, and my name is XN.

答：我就是那个人，我的名字是XN。

Didyouworkon the jailbreak on your own, or did you get help from other people?

问：越狱是你自己完成的吗，别人有帮助过你吗？

Mealone.

答：我自己一个人完成的。

Whenevadersreleasedevasion7 last year, they reportedly had a deal with you. Can you please tell us what were the terms of this deal and why it didn’t work out in the end?

问：去年evaders发布evasi0n7的时候，他们说跟你有过交易。你能跟我们说一下发生了什么交易吗？为什么最后没有成功？

Wehadacooperation, not a deal. Too many pressures lead the cooperation to the end.

答：我们只有合作，没有交易。太多压力导致合作中止。

Isthereanythingyou’d like to say, or any message you’d like to pass along to our readers?

问：你还有什么想说的吗，或者想通过对话想iBD读者传达的信息？

Wehavebeenpreparing“Worldwide Jailbreak Developer Meeting”in China and will invite the top jailbreak developers from the world to share and communicate with each other. Also, we would love to have a better cooperation with the other jailbreak developers.

答：我们正准备在中国召开“WJDM（世界越狱开发者聚会）”，将会邀请全世界顶级的越狱开发者来分享、交流。还有，我们也愿意和其他越狱开发者有更好的合作。

Doyouhavemore info to share about the Worldwide Jailbreak Developer Meeting, such as date, location, etc?

问：关于WJDM，还有更多信息可以分享吗？比如日期、地点等？

WJDMwillbeheld on Jan 16th, 2015.

答：WJDM将在2015年1月16日举办。